#BBBBCE#BBBBCE

#BBBBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.027 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBCE
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 3.68, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 10.22, 291.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0072 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.027 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4022, 50.5614, 65.5372)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBCE #CECEBB

analogous

#BBC5CE #BBBBCE #C5BBCE

triadic

#BBBBCE #CEBBBB #BBCEBB

tetradic

#BBBBCE #CEBBC5 #CECEBB #BBCEC5

square

#BBBBCE #CEBBC5 #CECEBB #BBCEC5

split-complementary

#BBBBCE #CEC5BB #C5CEBB

monochromatic

#74749B #9797B4 #BBBBCE #DFDFE8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBBBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBCE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBCE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.027 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfdd',
    500: '#bbbbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbce;
$custom-light: #cfcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79801,
    "c": 0.02662,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBCE

secondary

#A2A28B

accent

#9A4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBCE

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

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