#BBB8CC#BBB8CC

#BBB8CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.028 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8CC
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, 4.90, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 10.86, 296.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0109 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.028 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5310, 49.2052, 64.0558)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8CC #C9CCB8

analogous

#B8BFCC #BBB8CC #C5B8CC

triadic

#BBB8CC #CCBBB8 #B8CCBB

tetradic

#BBB8CC #CCB8BF #C9CCB8 #B8CCC5

square

#BBB8CC #CCB8BF #C9CCB8 #B8CCC5

split-complementary

#BBB8CC #CCC5B8 #BFCCB8

monochromatic

#777199 #9994B2 #BBB8CC #DDDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8CC

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8CC	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.028 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcddb',
    500: '#bbb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8cc;
$custom-light: #cfcddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 16.393,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79129,
    "c": 0.02819,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8CC

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9B4B8F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8CC

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

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