#BBBCD0#BBBCD0

#BBBCD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.028 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD0
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(237, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 3.55, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 10.75, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0065 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.028 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8596, 51.0849, 66.8959)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD0 #D0CFBB

analogous

#BBC7D0 #BBBCD0 #C5BBD0

triadic

#BBBCD0 #D0BBBC #BCD0BB

tetradic

#BBBCD0 #D0BBC7 #D0CFBB #BBD0C5

square

#BBBCD0 #D0BBC7 #D0CFBB #BBD0C5

split-complementary

#BBBCD0 #D0C5BB #C7D0BB

monochromatic

#73759E #9798B7 #BBBCD0 #DFE0E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BBBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD0

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD0	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.028 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0de',
    500: '#bbbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd0;
$custom-light: #cfd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.143,
    "s": 18.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80069,
    "c": 0.02806,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD0

secondary

#A5A48A

accent

#99499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD0

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

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