#BBBDEC#BBBDEC

#BBBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.066 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDEC
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(238, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, 9.00, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 25.20, 290.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0148 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.066 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8278, 53.0152, 86.7376)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDEC #ECEABB

analogous

#BBD5EC #BBBDEC #D1BBEC

triadic

#BBBDEC #ECBBBD #BDECBB

tetradic

#BBBDEC #ECBBD5 #ECEABB #BBECD1

square

#BBBDEC #ECBBD5 #ECEABB #BBECD1

split-complementary

#BBBDEC #ECD1BB #D5ECBB

monochromatic

#5B60D1 #8B8FDF #BBBDEC #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BBBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDEC

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDEC	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.066 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f2',
    500: '#bbbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdec;
$custom-light: #d0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.551,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81267,
    "c": 0.06604,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDEC

secondary

#C9C682

accent

#BD22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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