#BBBDCE#BBBDCE

#BBBDCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.024 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDCE
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 2.61, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 9.14, 286.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0044 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.024 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8294, 51.4159, 65.6796)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDCE #CECCBB

analogous

#BBC7CE #BBBDCE #C3BBCE

triadic

#BBBDCE #CEBBBD #BDCEBB

tetradic

#BBBDCE #CEBBC7 #CECCBB #BBCEC3

square

#BBBDCE #CEBBC7 #CECCBB #BBCEC3

split-complementary

#BBBDCE #CEC3BB #C7CEBB

monochromatic

#74789B #979AB4 #BBBDCE #DFE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BBBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDCE

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDCE	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)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.024 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0dd',
    500: '#bbbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdce;
$custom-light: #cfd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.02394,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDCE

secondary

#A2A08B

accent

#924B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDCE

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

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