#BBB8CD#BBB8CD

#BBB8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.030 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8CD
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, 5.10, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 11.39, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0112 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.03 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6513, 49.2534, 64.6895)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8CD #CACDB8

analogous

#B8C0CD #BBB8CD #C6B8CD

triadic

#BBB8CD #CDBBB8 #B8CDBB

tetradic

#BBB8CD #CDB8C0 #CACDB8 #B8CDC6

square

#BBB8CD #CDB8C0 #CACDB8 #B8CDC6

split-complementary

#BBB8CD #CDC6B8 #C0CDB8

monochromatic

#76709A #9994B4 #BBB8CD #DDDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BBB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8CD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8CD	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.030 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcddc',
    500: '#bbb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8cd;
$custom-light: #cfcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79162,
    "c": 0.02959,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8CD

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4A90

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8CD

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

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