#BBBCD4#BBBCD4

#BBBCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.034 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD4
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(238, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, 4.37, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 12.89, 289.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.008 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.034 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3579, 51.2843, 69.5204)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD4 #D4D3BB

analogous

#BBC8D4 #BBBCD4 #C6BBD4

triadic

#BBBCD4 #D4BBBC #BCD4BB

tetradic

#BBBCD4 #D4BBC8 #D4D3BB #BBD4C6

square

#BBBCD4 #D4BBC8 #D4D3BB #BBD4C6

split-complementary

#BBBCD4 #D4C6BB #C8D4BB

monochromatic

#7072A5 #9697BC #BBBCD4 #E0E1EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BBBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD4

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD4	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.034 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e1',
    500: '#bbbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd4;
$custom-light: #cfd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80203,
    "c": 0.03368,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD4

secondary

#AAA88A

accent

#9D45A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD4

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

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