#BBBDC8#BBBDC8

#BBBDC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.016 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDC8
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(231, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, 1.41, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 5.94, 283.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% 0.0021 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.016 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1144, 51.1299, 61.9139)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDC8 #C8C6BB

analogous

#BBC3C8 #BBBDC8 #BFBBC8

triadic

#BBBDC8 #C8BBBD #BDC8BB

tetradic

#BBBDC8 #C8BBC3 #C8C6BB #BBC8BF

square

#BBBDC8 #C8BBC3 #C8C6BB #BBC8BF

split-complementary

#BBBDC8 #C8BFBB #C3C8BB

monochromatic

#777B91 #999CAD #BBBDC8 #DDDEE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BBBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDC8

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDC8	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.016 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d8',
    500: '#bbbdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdc8;
$custom-light: #cfd0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80014,
    "c": 0.01557,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDC8

secondary

#9C998C

accent

#8A5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDC8

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

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