#BBBECD#BBBECD

#BBBECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.021 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBECD
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(230, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(230, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 1.87, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 8.10, 283.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0026 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.021 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9242, 51.7991, 65.1138)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBECD #CDCABB

analogous

#BBC7CD #BBBECD #C1BBCD

triadic

#BBBECD #CDBBBE #BECDBB

tetradic

#BBBECD #CDBBC7 #CDCABB #BBCDC1

square

#BBBECD #CDBBC7 #CDCABB #BBCDC1

split-complementary

#BBBECD #CDC1BB #C7CDBB

monochromatic

#747B99 #989CB3 #BBBECD #DEE0E7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBBECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBECD

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBECD	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.021 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1dc',
    500: '#bbbecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbecd;
$custom-light: #cfd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80377,
    "c": 0.02129,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBECD

secondary

#A19E8B

accent

#8D4C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBECD

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

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