#BBBED9#BBBED9

#BBBED9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.038 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBED9
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(234, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 4.33, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 14.50, 287.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% 0.0069 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.038 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4286, 52.4009, 73.0371)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBED9 #D9D6BB

analogous

#BBCDD9 #BBBED9 #C7BBD9

triadic

#BBBED9 #D9BBBE #BED9BB

tetradic

#BBBED9 #D9BBCD #D9D6BB #BBD9C7

square

#BBBED9 #D9BBCD #D9D6BB #BBD9C7

split-complementary

#BBBED9 #D9C7BB #CDD9BB

monochromatic

#6C73AD #9498C3 #BBBED9 #E2E4EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BBBED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBED9

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBED9	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.038 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e4',
    500: '#bbbed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbed9;
$custom-light: #cfd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80778,
    "c": 0.03805,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBED9

secondary

#B0AC89

accent

#9C3FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBED9

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

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