#BBBCD3#BBBCD3

#BBBCD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.032 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD3
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(238, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 4.16, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 12.36, 289.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0076 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.032 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2321, 51.2340, 68.8581)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD3 #D3D2BB

analogous

#BBC8D3 #BBBCD3 #C6BBD3

triadic

#BBBCD3 #D3BBBC #BCD3BB

tetradic

#BBBCD3 #D3BBC8 #D3D2BB #BBD3C6

square

#BBBCD3 #D3BBC8 #D3D2BB #BBD3C6

split-complementary

#BBBCD3 #D3C6BB #C8D3BB

monochromatic

#7173A3 #9697BB #BBBCD3 #E0E1EB #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BBBCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD3

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD3	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.032 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e0',
    500: '#bbbcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd3;
$custom-light: #cfd0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8017,
    "c": 0.03227,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD3

secondary

#A8A78A

accent

#9C46A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD3

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

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