#BBBEC6#BBBEC6

#BBBEC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.012 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEC6
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(224, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(224, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 0.49, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 4.41, 276.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0001 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.012 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0981, 51.4687, 60.7629)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEC6 #C6C3BB

analogous

#BBC3C6 #BBBEC6 #BDBBC6

triadic

#BBBEC6 #C6BBBE #BEC6BB

tetradic

#BBBEC6 #C6BBC3 #C6C3BB #BBC6BD

square

#BBBEC6 #C6BBC3 #C6C3BB #BBC6BD

split-complementary

#BBBEC6 #C6BDBB #C3C6BB

monochromatic

#787E8E #9A9EAA #BBBEC6 #DCDEE2 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBBEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEC6

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEC6	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.012 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d7',
    500: '#bbbec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbec6;
$custom-light: #cfd1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 8.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80156,
    "c": 0.0117,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEC6

secondary

#99968C

accent

#815393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEC6

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

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