#BBBCC9#BBBCC9

#BBBCC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.018 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCC9
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(236, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 2.15, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 6.99, 287.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0039 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.018 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0173, 50.7480, 62.4600)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCC9 #C9C8BB

analogous

#BBC3C9 #BBBCC9 #C1BBC9

triadic

#BBBCC9 #C9BBBC #BCC9BB

tetradic

#BBBCC9 #C9BBC3 #C9C8BB #BBC9C1

square

#BBBCC9 #C9BBC3 #C9C8BB #BBC9C1

split-complementary

#BBBCC9 #C9C1BB #C3C9BB

monochromatic

#777993 #999AAE #BBBCC9 #DDDEE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCC9

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCC9	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.018 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d9',
    500: '#bbbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcc9;
$custom-light: #cfd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79842,
    "c": 0.01824,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCC9

secondary

#9D9B8C

accent

#915096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCC9

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

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