#BBBCC7#BBBCC7

#BBBCC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.015 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCC7
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 199)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 5.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 1.75, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 5.92, 287.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0032 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.015 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7836, 50.6545, 61.2290)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCC7 #C7C6BB

analogous

#BBC2C7 #BBBCC7 #C0BBC7

triadic

#BBBCC7 #C7BBBC #BCC7BB

tetradic

#BBBCC7 #C7BBC2 #C7C6BB #BBC7C0

square

#BBBCC7 #C7BBC2 #C7C6BB #BBC7C0

split-complementary

#BBBCC7 #C7C0BB #C2C7BB

monochromatic

#787A90 #999BAB #BBBCC7 #DDDDE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBCC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBBCC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCC7

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCC7	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.015 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d8',
    500: '#bbbcc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcc7;
$custom-light: #cfd0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79778,
    "c": 0.01544,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCC7

secondary

#9A998C

accent

#8E5294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCC7

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

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