#BBBED1#BBBED1

#BBBED1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.027 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED1
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(232, 19%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(232, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, 2.68, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 10.23, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.004 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.027 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4132, 51.9947, 67.6893)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED1 #D1CEBB

analogous

#BBC9D1 #BBBED1 #C3BBD1

triadic

#BBBED1 #D1BBBE #BED1BB

tetradic

#BBBED1 #D1BBC9 #D1CEBB #BBD1C3

square

#BBBED1 #D1BBC9 #D1CEBB #BBD1C3

split-complementary

#BBBED1 #D1C3BB #C9D1BB

monochromatic

#7278A0 #969BB8 #BBBED1 #E0E1EA #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBBED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED1

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED1	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.027 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1df',
    500: '#bbbed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed1;
$custom-light: #cfd1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80508,
    "c": 0.02686,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED1

secondary

#A6A28A

accent

#92489E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED1

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

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