#BBBDC9#BBBDC9

#BBBDC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.017 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDC9
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(231, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 1.61, -6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 6.47, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0025 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.017 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2317, 51.1768, 62.5314)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDC9 #C9C7BB

analogous

#BBC4C9 #BBBDC9 #C0BBC9

triadic

#BBBDC9 #C9BBBD #BDC9BB

tetradic

#BBBDC9 #C9BBC4 #C9C7BB #BBC9C0

square

#BBBDC9 #C9BBC4 #C9C7BB #BBC9C0

split-complementary

#BBBDC9 #C9C0BB #C4C9BB

monochromatic

#777B93 #999CAE #BBBDC9 #DDDEE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BBBDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDC9

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDC9	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.017 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d9',
    500: '#bbbdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdc9;
$custom-light: #cfd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80045,
    "c": 0.01695,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDC9

secondary

#9D9A8C

accent

#8C5096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDC9

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

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