#BBBCD9#BBBCD9

#BBBCD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.041 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCD9
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 5.41, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 15.58, 290.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0098 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.041 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9984, 51.5405, 72.8937)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCD9 #D9D8BB

analogous

#BBCBD9 #BBBCD9 #C9BBD9

triadic

#BBBCD9 #D9BBBC #BCD9BB

tetradic

#BBBCD9 #D9BBCB #D9D8BB #BBD9C9

square

#BBBCD9 #D9BBCB #D9D8BB #BBD9C9

split-complementary

#BBBCD9 #D9C9BB #CBD9BB

monochromatic

#6C6FAD #9495C3 #BBBCD9 #E2E3EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BBBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCD9

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCD9	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.041 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e4',
    500: '#bbbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcd9;
$custom-light: #cfd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80375,
    "c": 0.04072,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCD9

secondary

#B0AE89

accent

#A33FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCD9

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

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