#BBBDCB#BBBDCB

#BBBDCB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.020 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDCB
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(233, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 2.01, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 7.54, 285.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0032 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.02 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4685, 51.2715, 63.7786)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDCB #CBC9BB

analogous

#BBC5CB #BBBDCB #C1BBCB

triadic

#BBBDCB #CBBBBD #BDCBBB

tetradic

#BBBDCB #CBBBC5 #CBC9BB #BBCBC1

square

#BBBDCB #CBBBC5 #CBC9BB #BBCBC1

split-complementary

#BBBDCB #CBC1BB #C5CBBB

monochromatic

#767A96 #989BB0 #BBBDCB #DEDFE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BBBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDCB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDCB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.020 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0da',
    500: '#bbbdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdcb;
$custom-light: #cfd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80109,
    "c": 0.01975,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDCB

secondary

#9F9D8B

accent

#8E4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDCB

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

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