#BBBFD9#BBBFD9

#BBBFD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.037 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFD9
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(232, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(232, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 3.79, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 13.97, 285.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0055 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.037 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6459, 52.8356, 73.1095)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFD9 #D9D5BB

analogous

#BBCED9 #BBBFD9 #C6BBD9

triadic

#BBBFD9 #D9BBBF #BFD9BB

tetradic

#BBBFD9 #D9BBCE #D9D5BB #BBD9C6

square

#BBBFD9 #D9BBCE #D9D5BB #BBD9C6

split-complementary

#BBBFD9 #D9C6BB #CED9BB

monochromatic

#6C75AD #949AC3 #BBBFD9 #E2E4EF #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BBBFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFD9

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFD9	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.037 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2e4',
    500: '#bbbfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfd9;
$custom-light: #cfd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.03678,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFD9

secondary

#B0AA89

accent

#993FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFD9

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

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