#BBBFDD#BBBFDD

#BBBFDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.042 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFDD
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(233, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 4.64, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 16.10, 286.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0069 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.042 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1725, 53.0462, 75.8828)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFDD #DDD9BB

analogous

#BBD0DD #BBBFDD #C8BBDD

triadic

#BBBFDD #DDBBBF #BFDDBB

tetradic

#BBBFDD #DDBBD0 #DDD9BB #BBDDC8

square

#BBBFDD #DDBBD0 #DDD9BB #BBDDC8

split-complementary

#BBBFDD #DDC8BB #D0DDBB

monochromatic

#6972B4 #9299C9 #BBBFDD #E4E5F1 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BBBFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFDD

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFDD	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.042 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2e7',
    500: '#bbbfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfdd;
$custom-light: #cfd2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81118,
    "c": 0.04236,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFDD

secondary

#B5AF87

accent

#9F39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFDD

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

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