#BBB9CE#BBB9CE

#BBB9CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.029 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9CE
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 4.76, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 11.35, 294.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0101 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.029 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9808, 49.7187, 65.3968)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9CE #CCCEB9

analogous

#B9C2CE #BBB9CE #C6B9CE

triadic

#BBB9CE #CEBBB9 #B9CEBB

tetradic

#BBB9CE #CEB9C2 #CCCEB9 #B9CEC6

square

#BBB9CE #CEB9C2 #CCCEB9 #B9CEC6

split-complementary

#BBB9CE #CEC6B9 #C2CEB9

monochromatic

#75719C #9895B5 #BBB9CE #DEDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BBB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9CE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9CE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.029 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcedd',
    500: '#bbb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ce;
$custom-light: #cfcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79397,
    "c": 0.02949,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4A94

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9CE

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

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