#BBBBC8#BBBBC8

#BBBBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.018 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBC8
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 2.49, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 6.99, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.005 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.018 286)
XYZ	xyz(48.6872, 50.2754, 61.7715)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBC8 #C8C8BB

analogous

#BBC1C8 #BBBBC8 #C1BBC8

triadic

#BBBBC8 #C8BBBB #BBC8BB

tetradic

#BBBBC8 #C8BBC1 #C8C8BB #BBC8C1

square

#BBBBC8 #C8BBC1 #C8C8BB #BBC8C1

split-complementary

#BBBBC8 #C8C1BB #C1C8BB

monochromatic

#777791 #9999AD #BBBBC8 #DDDDE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBBBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBC8

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBC8	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.018 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfd8',
    500: '#bbbbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbc8;
$custom-light: #cfcfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79606,
    "c": 0.01819,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.50276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBC8

secondary

#9C9C8C

accent

#955195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBC8

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

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