#BBBED4#BBBED4

#BBBED4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.031 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED4
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(233, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 3.29, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 11.83, 286.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0051 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.031 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7881, 52.1447, 69.6638)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED4 #D4D1BB

analogous

#BBCAD4 #BBBED4 #C4BBD4

triadic

#BBBED4 #D4BBBE #BED4BB

tetradic

#BBBED4 #D4BBCA #D4D1BB #BBD4C4

square

#BBBED4 #D4BBCA #D4D1BB #BBD4C4

split-complementary

#BBBED4 #D4C4BB #CAD4BB

monochromatic

#7076A5 #969ABC #BBBED4 #E0E2EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBBED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED4	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.031 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e1',
    500: '#bbbed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed4;
$custom-light: #cfd1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80607,
    "c": 0.03105,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED4

secondary

#AAA68A

accent

#9645A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED4

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

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