#BBBAC9#BBBAC9

#BBBAC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.021 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAC9
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 201)
HSL	hsl(244, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 3.22, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 8.09, 293.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0068 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.021 289)
XYZ	xyz(48.5930, 49.8995, 62.3186)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAC9 #C8C9BA

analogous

#BAC0C9 #BBBAC9 #C2BAC9

triadic

#BBBAC9 #C9BBBA #BAC9BB

tetradic

#BBBAC9 #C9BAC0 #C8C9BA #BAC9C2

square

#BBBAC9 #C9BAC0 #C8C9BA #BAC9C2

split-complementary

#BBBAC9 #C9C2BA #C0C9BA

monochromatic

#777593 #9998AE #BBBAC9 #DDDCE4 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBBAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAC9

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAC9	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.021 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced9',
    500: '#bbbac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbac9;
$custom-light: #cfced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.02101,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAC9

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#964F92

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAC9

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

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