#BBBCCE#BBBCCE

#BBBCCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.025 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCCE
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(237, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 3.14, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 9.67, 288.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0058 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.025 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6151, 50.9871, 65.6082)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCCE #CECDBB

analogous

#BBC6CE #BBBCCE #C4BBCE

triadic

#BBBCCE #CEBBBC #BCCEBB

tetradic

#BBBCCE #CEBBC6 #CECDBB #BBCEC4

square

#BBBCCE #CEBBC6 #CECDBB #BBCEC4

split-complementary

#BBBCCE #CEC4BB #C6CEBB

monochromatic

#74769B #9799B4 #BBBCCE #DFDFE8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBBCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCCE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCCE	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.025 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0dd',
    500: '#bbbcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcce;
$custom-light: #cfd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80003,
    "c": 0.02526,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCCE

secondary

#A2A18B

accent

#964B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCCE

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

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