#BBBED8#BBBED8

#BBBED8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.037 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED8
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(234, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 4.12, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 13.96, 287.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% 0.0066 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.037 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2989, 52.3490, 72.3542)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED8 #D8D5BB

analogous

#BBCDD8 #BBBED8 #C7BBD8

triadic

#BBBED8 #D8BBBE #BED8BB

tetradic

#BBBED8 #D8BBCD #D8D5BB #BBD8C7

square

#BBBED8 #D8BBCD #D8D5BB #BBD8C7

split-complementary

#BBBED8 #D8C7BB #CDD8BB

monochromatic

#6D74AB #9499C2 #BBBED8 #E2E3EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BBBED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED8

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED8	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.037 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e4',
    500: '#bbbed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed8;
$custom-light: #cfd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80743,
    "c": 0.03664,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED8

secondary

#AEAB89

accent

#9B40A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED8

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

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