#BBC2D9#BBC2D9

#BBC2D9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.033 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC2D9
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 217)
HSL	hsl(226, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, 2.18, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 12.48, 280.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% 0.0013 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.033 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3069, 54.1574, 73.3298)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC2D9 #D9D2BB

analogous

#BBD1D9 #BBC2D9 #C3BBD9

triadic

#BBC2D9 #D9BBC2 #C2D9BB

tetradic

#BBC2D9 #D9BBD1 #D9D2BB #BBD9C3

square

#BBC2D9 #D9BBD1 #D9D2BB #BBD9C3

split-complementary

#BBC2D9 #D9C3BB #D1D9BB

monochromatic

#6C7CAD #949FC3 #BBC2D9 #E2E5EF #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBC2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC2D9

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC2D9	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.033 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd4e4',
    500: '#bbc2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc2d9;
$custom-light: #cfd4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81587,
    "c": 0.03321,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC2D9

secondary

#B0A789

accent

#8F3FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC2D9

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

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