#BBBCD6#BBBCD6

#BBBCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.036 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD6
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(238, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 4.78, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 13.97, 290.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0087 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.036 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6117, 51.3858, 70.8573)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD6 #D6D5BB

analogous

#BBC9D6 #BBBCD6 #C7BBD6

triadic

#BBBCD6 #D6BBBC #BCD6BB

tetradic

#BBBCD6 #D6BBC9 #D6D5BB #BBD6C7

square

#BBBCD6 #D6BBC9 #D6D5BB #BBD6C7

split-complementary

#BBBCD6 #D6C7BB #C9D6BB

monochromatic

#6F71A8 #9596BF #BBBCD6 #E1E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BBBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD6

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD6	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.036 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e2',
    500: '#bbbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd6;
$custom-light: #cfd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80272,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD6

secondary

#ACAB89

accent

#A042A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD6

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

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