#BBBED3#BBBED3

#BBBED3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.030 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED3
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(233, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 3.09, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 11.29, 285.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0048 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.03 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6623, 52.0944, 69.0015)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED3 #D3D0BB

analogous

#BBCAD3 #BBBED3 #C4BBD3

triadic

#BBBED3 #D3BBBE #BED3BB

tetradic

#BBBED3 #D3BBCA #D3D0BB #BBD3C4

square

#BBBED3 #D3BBCA #D3D0BB #BBD3C4

split-complementary

#BBBED3 #D3C4BB #CAD3BB

monochromatic

#7177A3 #969ABB #BBBED3 #E0E2EB #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BBBED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED3

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED3	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.030 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e0',
    500: '#bbbed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed3;
$custom-light: #cfd1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80574,
    "c": 0.02966,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED3

secondary

#A8A58A

accent

#9546A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED3

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

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