#BBB9CB#BBB9CB

#BBB9CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.025 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9CB
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(247, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(247, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 4.16, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 9.74, 295.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% 0.009 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.025 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6199, 49.5743, 63.4957)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9CB #C9CBB9

analogous

#B9C0CB #BBB9CB #C4B9CB

triadic

#BBB9CB #CBBBB9 #B9CBBB

tetradic

#BBB9CB #CBB9C0 #C9CBB9 #B9CBC4

square

#BBB9CB #CBB9C0 #C9CBB9 #B9CBC4

split-complementary

#BBB9CB #CBC4B9 #C0CBB9

monochromatic

#777397 #9996B1 #BBB9CB #DDDCE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9CB

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9CB	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.025 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceda',
    500: '#bbb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9cb;
$custom-light: #cfceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.02529,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9CB

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#994D90

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9CB

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

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