#BBC3DE#BBC3DE

#BBC3DE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.039 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3DE
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 2.70, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 14.61, 280.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% 0.0017 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.039 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1904, 54.8681, 76.8813)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3DE #DED6BB

analogous

#BBD4DE #BBC3DE #C5BBDE

triadic

#BBC3DE #DEBBC3 #C3DEBB

tetradic

#BBC3DE #DEBBD4 #DED6BB #BBDEC5

square

#BBC3DE #DEBBD4 #DED6BB #BBDEC5

split-complementary

#BBC3DE #DEC5BB #D4DEBB

monochromatic

#697AB6 #929FCA #BBC3DE #E4E7F2 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BBC3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3DE

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3DE	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.039 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5e8',
    500: '#bbc3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3de;
$custom-light: #cfd5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8196,
    "c": 0.03894,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3DE

secondary

#B6AB87

accent

#9338AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3DE

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

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