#BBBED6#BBBED6

#BBBED6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.034 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED6
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(233, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(233, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 3.71, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 12.89, 286.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% 0.0059 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.034 280)
XYZ	xyz(51.0419, 52.2462, 71.0007)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED6 #D6D3BB

analogous

#BBCBD6 #BBBED6 #C5BBD6

triadic

#BBBED6 #D6BBBE #BED6BB

tetradic

#BBBED6 #D6BBCB #D6D3BB #BBD6C5

square

#BBBED6 #D6BBCB #D6D3BB #BBD6C5

split-complementary

#BBBED6 #D6C5BB #CBD6BB

monochromatic

#6F75A8 #959ABF #BBBED6 #E1E2ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BBBED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED6

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED6	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.034 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e2',
    500: '#bbbed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed6;
$custom-light: #cfd1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80675,
    "c": 0.03385,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.52247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED6

secondary

#ACA889

accent

#9842A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED6

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

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