#BBBCC8#BBBCC8

#BBBCC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.017 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCC8
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(235, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 1.95, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 6.45, 287.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% 0.0036 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.017 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9001, 50.7011, 61.8425)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCC8 #C8C7BB

analogous

#BBC2C8 #BBBCC8 #C0BBC8

triadic

#BBBCC8 #C8BBBC #BCC8BB

tetradic

#BBBCC8 #C8BBC2 #C8C7BB #BBC8C0

square

#BBBCC8 #C8BBC2 #C8C7BB #BBC8C0

split-complementary

#BBBCC8 #C8C0BB #C2C8BB

monochromatic

#777991 #999BAD #BBBCC8 #DDDDE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBBCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCC8

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCC8	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.017 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d8',
    500: '#bbbcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcc8;
$custom-light: #cfd0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.01684,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCC8

secondary

#9C9A8C

accent

#8F5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCC8

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

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