#BBBCD7#BBBCD7

#BBBCD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.038 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD7
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(238, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 4.99, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 14.50, 290.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0091 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.038 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7398, 51.4371, 71.5320)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD7 #D7D6BB

analogous

#BBCAD7 #BBBCD7 #C8BBD7

triadic

#BBBCD7 #D7BBBC #BCD7BB

tetradic

#BBBCD7 #D7BBCA #D7D6BB #BBD7C8

square

#BBBCD7 #D7BBCA #D7D6BB #BBD7C8

split-complementary

#BBBCD7 #D7C8BB #CAD7BB

monochromatic

#6E70AA #9496C0 #BBBCD7 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBBCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD7

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD7	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.038 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e3',
    500: '#bbbcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd7;
$custom-light: #cfd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80306,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD7

secondary

#ADAC89

accent

#A141A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD7

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

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