#BBC3DD#BBC3DD

#BBC3DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.038 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3DD
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, 2.49, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 14.09, 280.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0013 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.038 272)
XYZ	xyz(53.0567, 54.8147, 76.1776)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3DD #DDD5BB

analogous

#BBD4DD #BBC3DD #C4BBDD

triadic

#BBC3DD #DDBBC3 #C3DDBB

tetradic

#BBC3DD #DDBBD4 #DDD5BB #BBDDC4

square

#BBC3DD #DDBBD4 #DDD5BB #BBDDC4

split-complementary

#BBC3DD #DDC4BB #D4DDBB

monochromatic

#697BB4 #929FC9 #BBC3DD #E4E7F1 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BBC3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3DD

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3DD	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.038 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5e7',
    500: '#bbc3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3dd;
$custom-light: #cfd5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81926,
    "c": 0.03756,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.54815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3DD

secondary

#B5AA87

accent

#9139AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3DD

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

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