#BBBCDD#BBBCDD

#BBBCDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.046 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCDD
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 6.26, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 17.72, 290.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0112 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.046 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5250, 51.7511, 75.6670)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCDD #DDDCBB

analogous

#BBCDDD #BBBCDD #CBBBDD

triadic

#BBBCDD #DDBBBC #BCDDBB

tetradic

#BBBCDD #DDBBCD #DDDCBB #BBDDCB

square

#BBBCDD #DDBBCD #DDDCBB #BBDDCB

split-complementary

#BBBCDD #DDCBBB #CDDDBB

monochromatic

#696CB4 #9294C9 #BBBCDD #E4E4F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBBCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCDD

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCDD	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.046 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e7',
    500: '#bbbcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcdd;
$custom-light: #cfd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80516,
    "c": 0.04634,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCDD

secondary

#B5B387

accent

#A939AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCDD

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

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