#BBC3DF#BBC3DF

#BBC3DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.040 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3DF
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 223)
HSL	hsl(227, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, 2.92, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 15.14, 281.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% 0.002 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.04 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3248, 54.9219, 77.5893)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3DF #DFD7BB

analogous

#BBD5DF #BBC3DF #C5BBDF

triadic

#BBC3DF #DFBBC3 #C3DFBB

tetradic

#BBC3DF #DFBBD5 #DFD7BB #BBDFC5

square

#BBC3DF #DFBBD5 #DFD7BB #BBDFC5

split-complementary

#BBC3DF #DFC5BB #D5DFBB

monochromatic

#687AB8 #919ECB #BBC3DF #E5E8F3 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BBC3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3DF

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3DF	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.040 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5e9',
    500: '#bbc3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3df;
$custom-light: #cfd5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81994,
    "c": 0.0403,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3DF

secondary

#B7AD87

accent

#9437AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3DF

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

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