#BBBFD8#BBBFD8

#BBBFD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.035 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFD8
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(232, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(232, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, 3.58, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 13.44, 285.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.0052 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.035 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5163, 52.7837, 72.4266)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFD8 #D8D4BB

analogous

#BBCED8 #BBBFD8 #C6BBD8

triadic

#BBBFD8 #D8BBBF #BFD8BB

tetradic

#BBBFD8 #D8BBCE #D8D4BB #BBD8C6

square

#BBBFD8 #D8BBCE #D8D4BB #BBD8C6

split-complementary

#BBBFD8 #D8C6BB #CED8BB

monochromatic

#6D76AB #949AC2 #BBBFD8 #E2E4EE #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BBBFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFD8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFD8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.035 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2e4',
    500: '#bbbfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfd8;
$custom-light: #cfd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80945,
    "c": 0.03538,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFD8

secondary

#AEA989

accent

#9840A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFD8

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

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