#BBB8CB#BBB8CB

#BBB8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.027 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8CB
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 4.70, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 10.32, 297.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0105 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.027 293)
XYZ	xyz(48.4114, 49.1574, 63.4262)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8CB #C8CBB8

analogous

#B8BECB #BBB8CB #C4B8CB

triadic

#BBB8CB #CBBBB8 #B8CBBB

tetradic

#BBB8CB #CBB8BE #C8CBB8 #B8CBC4

square

#BBB8CB #CBB8BE #C8CBB8 #B8CBC4

split-complementary

#BBB8CB #CBC4B8 #BECBB8

monochromatic

#777197 #9995B1 #BBB8CB #DDDBE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8CB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8CB	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.027 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdda',
    500: '#bbb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8cb;
$custom-light: #cfcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.02679,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.49158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C8D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8CB

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

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