#BBBED7#BBBED7

#BBBED7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.035 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED7
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(234, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 3.91, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 13.43, 286.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0062 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.035 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1700, 52.2975, 71.6754)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED7 #D7D4BB

analogous

#BBCCD7 #BBBED7 #C6BBD7

triadic

#BBBED7 #D7BBBE #BED7BB

tetradic

#BBBED7 #D7BBCC #D7D4BB #BBD7C6

square

#BBBED7 #D7BBCC #D7D4BB #BBD7C6

split-complementary

#BBBED7 #D7C6BB #CCD7BB

monochromatic

#6E74AA #9499C0 #BBBED7 #E2E3EE #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BBBED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED7

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED7	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.035 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e3',
    500: '#bbbed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed7;
$custom-light: #cfd1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.571,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80709,
    "c": 0.03525,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED7

secondary

#ADA989

accent

#9A41A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED7

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

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