#BBBCC6#BBBCC6

#BBBCC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.014 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCC6
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 198)
HSL	hsl(235, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 1.56, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 5.38, 286.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0028 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.014 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6679, 50.6083, 60.6195)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCC6 #C6C5BB

analogous

#BBC1C6 #BBBCC6 #BFBBC6

triadic

#BBBCC6 #C6BBBC #BCC6BB

tetradic

#BBBCC6 #C6BBC1 #C6C5BB #BBC6BF

square

#BBBCC6 #C6BBC1 #C6C5BB #BBC6BF

split-complementary

#BBBCC6 #C6BFBB #C1C6BB

monochromatic

#787A8E #9A9BAA #BBBCC6 #DCDDE2 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BBBCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCC6

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCC6	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.014 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d7',
    500: '#bbbcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcc6;
$custom-light: #cfd0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 8.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79747,
    "c": 0.01404,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCC6

secondary

#99988C

accent

#8D5393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCC6

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

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