#BBBBC6#BBBBC6

#BBBBC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.015 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBC6
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 2.09, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 5.92, 290.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% 0.0043 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.015 286)
XYZ	xyz(48.4550, 50.1825, 60.5486)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBC6 #C6C6BB

analogous

#BBC0C6 #BBBBC6 #C0BBC6

triadic

#BBBBC6 #C6BBBB #BBC6BB

tetradic

#BBBBC6 #C6BBC0 #C6C6BB #BBC6C0

square

#BBBBC6 #C6BBC0 #C6C6BB #BBC6C0

split-complementary

#BBBBC6 #C6C0BB #C0C6BB

monochromatic

#78788E #9A9AAA #BBBBC6 #DCDCE2 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBBBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBC6

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBC6	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.015 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfd7',
    500: '#bbbbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbc6;
$custom-light: #cfcfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79543,
    "c": 0.01538,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.50183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBC6

secondary

#99998C

accent

#935393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBC6

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

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