#BBBDCF#BBBDCF

#BBBDCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.025 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDCF
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(234, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 2.81, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 9.68, 286.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0047 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.025 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9513, 51.4646, 66.3214)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDCF #CFCDBB

analogous

#BBC7CF #BBBDCF #C3BBCF

triadic

#BBBDCF #CFBBBD #BDCFBB

tetradic

#BBBDCF #CFBBC7 #CFCDBB #BBCFC3

square

#BBBDCF #CFBBC7 #CFCDBB #BBCFC3

split-complementary

#BBBDCF #CFC3BB #C7CFBB

monochromatic

#73779C #979AB6 #BBBDCF #DFE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBBDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDCF

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDCF	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)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.025 280.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80239,
    "c": 0.02534,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDCF

secondary

#A4A18B

accent

#934A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDCF

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

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