#BBB9CA#BBB9CA

#BBB9CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.024 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9CA
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(247, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(247, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 3.96, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 9.20, 295.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0087 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.024 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5011, 49.5268, 62.8701)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9CA #C8CAB9

analogous

#B9BFCA #BBB9CA #C3B9CA

triadic

#BBB9CA #CABBB9 #B9CABB

tetradic

#BBB9CA #CAB9BF #C8CAB9 #B9CAC3

square

#BBB9CA #CAB9BF #C8CAB9 #B9CAC3

split-complementary

#BBB9CA #CAC3B9 #BFCAB9

monochromatic

#777395 #9996B0 #BBB9CA #DDDCE4 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BBB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9CA

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9CA	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.024 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceda',
    500: '#bbb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ca;
$custom-light: #cfceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79265,
    "c": 0.02389,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984E8F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9CA

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

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