#BBBED5#BBBED5

#BBBED5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.032 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED5
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(233, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 3.50, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 12.36, 286.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0055 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.032 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9146, 52.1953, 70.3302)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED5 #D5D2BB

analogous

#BBCBD5 #BBBED5 #C5BBD5

triadic

#BBBED5 #D5BBBE #BED5BB

tetradic

#BBBED5 #D5BBCB #D5D2BB #BBD5C5

square

#BBBED5 #D5BBCB #D5D2BB #BBD5C5

split-complementary

#BBBED5 #D5C5BB #CBD5BB

monochromatic

#6F76A6 #959ABE #BBBED5 #E1E2EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BBBED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED5

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED5	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.032 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e2',
    500: '#bbbed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed5;
$custom-light: #cfd1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.077,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.03245,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED5

secondary

#ABA789

accent

#9743A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED5

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

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