#BBBCD8#BBBCD8

#BBBCD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.039 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD8
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(238, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 5.20, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 15.04, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.0094 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.039 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8687, 51.4886, 72.2108)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD8 #D8D7BB

analogous

#BBCBD8 #BBBCD8 #C9BBD8

triadic

#BBBCD8 #D8BBBC #BCD8BB

tetradic

#BBBCD8 #D8BBCB #D8D7BB #BBD8C9

square

#BBBCD8 #D8BBCB #D8D7BB #BBD8C9

split-complementary

#BBBCD8 #D8C9BB #CBD8BB

monochromatic

#6D6FAB #9496C2 #BBBCD8 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BBBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD8

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD8	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.039 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e4',
    500: '#bbbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd8;
$custom-light: #cfd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8034,
    "c": 0.03931,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD8

secondary

#AEAD89

accent

#A240A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD8

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

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