#BBBBC9#BBBBC9

#BBBBC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBC9
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 2.68, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 7.53, 290.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0054 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8044, 50.3223, 62.3890)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBC9 #C9C9BB

analogous

#BBC2C9 #BBBBC9 #C2BBC9

triadic

#BBBBC9 #C9BBBB #BBC9BB

tetradic

#BBBBC9 #C9BBC2 #C9C9BB #BBC9C2

square

#BBBBC9 #C9BBC2 #C9C9BB #BBC9C2

split-complementary

#BBBBC9 #C9C2BB #C2C9BB

monochromatic

#777793 #9999AE #BBBBC9 #DDDDE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBBBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBC9

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBC9	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)

#B8BCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfd9',
    500: '#bbbbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbc9;
$custom-light: #cfcfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79638,
    "c": 0.01959,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBC9

secondary

#9D9D8C

accent

#965096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBC9

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

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