#BBBEC7#BBBEC7

#BBBEC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.013 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEC7
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(225, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(225, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 0.68, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 4.93, 277.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0003 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.013 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2138, 51.5150, 61.3724)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEC7 #C7C4BB

analogous

#BBC4C7 #BBBEC7 #BEBBC7

triadic

#BBBEC7 #C7BBBE #BEC7BB

tetradic

#BBBEC7 #C7BBC4 #C7C4BB #BBC7BE

square

#BBBEC7 #C7BBC4 #C7C4BB #BBC7BE

split-complementary

#BBBEC7 #C7BEBB #C4C7BB

monochromatic

#787E90 #999EAB #BBBEC7 #DDDEE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BBBEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEC7

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEC7	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.013 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d8',
    500: '#bbbec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbec7;
$custom-light: #cfd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80187,
    "c": 0.01305,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEC7

secondary

#9A978C

accent

#835294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEC7

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

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