#BBB9CD#BBB9CD

#BBB9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9CD
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 4.56, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 10.81, 294.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0098 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.028 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8598, 49.6703, 64.7590)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9CD #CBCDB9

analogous

#B9C1CD #BBB9CD #C5B9CD

triadic

#BBB9CD #CDBBB9 #B9CDBB

tetradic

#BBB9CD #CDB9C1 #CBCDB9 #B9CDC5

square

#BBB9CD #CDB9C1 #CBCDB9 #B9CDC5

split-complementary

#BBB9CD #CDC5B9 #C1CDB9

monochromatic

#76729A #9895B4 #BBB9CD #DEDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9CD

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9CD	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcedc',
    500: '#bbb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9cd;
$custom-light: #cfcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79364,
    "c": 0.02809,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9CD

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9B4B93

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9CD

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

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