#BBBEDD#BBBEDD

#BBBEDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.044 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEDD
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 5.18, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 16.63, 288.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0083 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.044 281)
XYZ	xyz(51.9552, 52.6115, 75.8104)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEDD #DDDABB

analogous

#BBCFDD #BBBEDD #C9BBDD

triadic

#BBBEDD #DDBBBE #BEDDBB

tetradic

#BBBEDD #DDBBCF #DDDABB #BBDDC9

square

#BBBEDD #DDBBCF #DDDABB #BBDDC9

split-complementary

#BBBEDD #DDC9BB #CFDDBB

monochromatic

#6970B4 #9297C9 #BBBEDD #E4E5F1 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBBEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEDD

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEDD	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.044 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e7',
    500: '#bbbedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbedd;
$custom-light: #cfd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80917,
    "c": 0.04365,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.52612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEDD

secondary

#B5B187

accent

#A239AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEDD

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

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