#BBB9C8#BBB9C8

#BBB9C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.021 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9C8
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(248, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(248, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 3.56, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 8.13, 296.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% 0.0079 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.021 292)
XYZ	xyz(48.2658, 49.4327, 61.6311)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9C8 #C6C8B9

analogous

#B9BEC8 #BBB9C8 #C2B9C8

triadic

#BBB9C8 #C8BBB9 #B9C8BB

tetradic

#BBB9C8 #C8B9BE #C6C8B9 #B9C8C2

square

#BBB9C8 #C8B9BE #C6C8B9 #B9C8C2

split-complementary

#BBB9C8 #C8C2B9 #BEC8B9

monochromatic

#787492 #9A97AD #BBB9C8 #DCDBE3 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9C8

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9C8	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.021 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced8',
    500: '#bbb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9c8;
$custom-light: #cfced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.02109,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.49433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#964F8D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9C8

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

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