#BBB9CC#BBB9CC

#BBB9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.027 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9CC
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(246, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 4.36, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 10.27, 295.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.0094 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.027 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7394, 49.6221, 64.1253)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9CC #CACCB9

analogous

#B9C1CC #BBB9CC #C5B9CC

triadic

#BBB9CC #CCBBB9 #B9CCBB

tetradic

#BBB9CC #CCB9C1 #CACCB9 #B9CCC5

square

#BBB9CC #CCB9C1 #CACCB9 #B9CCC5

split-complementary

#BBB9CC #CCC5B9 #C1CCB9

monochromatic

#767298 #9996B2 #BBB9CC #DDDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9CC

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9CC	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)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.027 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcedb',
    500: '#bbb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9cc;
$custom-light: #cfcedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7933,
    "c": 0.02669,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9CC

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9A4C92

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9CC

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

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