#BBBCCC#BBBCCC

#BBBCCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.022 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCCC
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 2.74, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 8.60, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0051 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.022 283)
XYZ	xyz(49.3736, 50.8906, 64.3367)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCCC #CCCBBB

analogous

#BBC5CC #BBBCCC #C3BBCC

triadic

#BBBCCC #CCBBBC #BCCCBB

tetradic

#BBBCCC #CCBBC5 #CCCBBB #BBCCC3

square

#BBBCCC #CCBBC5 #CCCBBB #BBCCC3

split-complementary

#BBBCCC #CCC3BB #C5CCBB

monochromatic

#757798 #989AB2 #BBBCCC #DEDEE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBBCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCCC

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCCC	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.022 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0db',
    500: '#bbbccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbccc;
$custom-light: #cfd0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79938,
    "c": 0.02245,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.50891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCCC

secondary

#A09F8B

accent

#944D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCCC

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

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