#BBBCD5#BBBCD5

#BBBCD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.035 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD5
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 4.58, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 13.43, 289.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0083 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.035 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4844, 51.3349, 70.1868)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD5 #D5D4BB

analogous

#BBC9D5 #BBBCD5 #C7BBD5

triadic

#BBBCD5 #D5BBBC #BCD5BB

tetradic

#BBBCD5 #D5BBC9 #D5D4BB #BBD5C7

square

#BBBCD5 #D5BBC9 #D5D4BB #BBD5C7

split-complementary

#BBBCD5 #D5C7BB #C9D5BB

monochromatic

#6F71A6 #9597BE #BBBCD5 #E1E1EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD5

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD5	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.035 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e2',
    500: '#bbbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd5;
$custom-light: #cfd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.03509,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD5

secondary

#ABAA89

accent

#9E43A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD5

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

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