#BBBEDE#BBBEDE

#BBBEDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.045 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEDE
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(235, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 5.39, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 17.17, 288.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0087 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.045 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0888, 52.6650, 76.5142)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEDE #DEDBBB

analogous

#BBCFDE #BBBEDE #C9BBDE

triadic

#BBBEDE #DEBBBE #BEDEBB

tetradic

#BBBEDE #DEBBCF #DEDBBB #BBDEC9

square

#BBBEDE #DEBBCF #DEDBBB #BBDEC9

split-complementary

#BBBEDE #DEC9BB #CFDEBB

monochromatic

#696FB6 #9297CA #BBBEDE #E4E5F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BBBEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEDE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEDE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.045 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e8',
    500: '#bbbede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbede;
$custom-light: #cfd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80952,
    "c": 0.04506,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEDE

secondary

#B6B287

accent

#A338AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEDE

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

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