#BBBBCD#BBBBCD

#BBBBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.025 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBCD
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 3.48, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 9.68, 291.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0069 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.025 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2811, 50.5129, 64.8995)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBCD #CDCDBB

analogous

#BBC4CD #BBBBCD #C4BBCD

triadic

#BBBBCD #CDBBBB #BBCDBB

tetradic

#BBBBCD #CDBBC4 #CDCDBB #BBCDC4

square

#BBBBCD #CDBBC4 #CDCDBB #BBCDC4

split-complementary

#BBBBCD #CDC4BB #C4CDBB

monochromatic

#747499 #9898B3 #BBBBCD #DEDEE7 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBBBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBCD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBCD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.025 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfdc',
    500: '#bbbbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbcd;
$custom-light: #cfcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79768,
    "c": 0.02521,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBCD

secondary

#A1A18B

accent

#994C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBCD

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

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