#BBB9CF#BBB9CF

#BBB9CF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9CF
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(245, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 4.96, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 11.89, 294.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0105 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1027, 49.7675, 66.0386)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9CF #CDCFB9

analogous

#B9C2CF #BBB9CF #C6B9CF

triadic

#BBB9CF #CFBBB9 #B9CFBB

tetradic

#BBB9CF #CFB9C2 #CDCFB9 #B9CFC6

square

#BBB9CF #CFB9C2 #CDCFB9 #B9CFC6

split-complementary

#BBB9CF #CFC6B9 #C2CFB9

monochromatic

#74709D #9895B6 #BBB9CF #DEDDE8 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BBB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9CF

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9CF	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcedd',
    500: '#bbb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9cf;
$custom-light: #cfcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 18.644,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.0309,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9CF

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D4995

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9CF

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

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