#BBBEC8#BBBEC8

#BBBEC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.014 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEC8
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, 0.88, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 5.45, 279.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% 0.0007 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.014 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3303, 51.5616, 61.9859)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEC8 #C8C5BB

analogous

#BBC4C8 #BBBEC8 #BEBBC8

triadic

#BBBEC8 #C8BBBE #BEC8BB

tetradic

#BBBEC8 #C8BBC4 #C8C5BB #BBC8BE

square

#BBBEC8 #C8BBC4 #C8C5BB #BBC8BE

split-complementary

#BBBEC8 #C8BEBB #C4C8BB

monochromatic

#777D91 #999EAD #BBBEC8 #DDDEE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BBBEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEC8

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEC8	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.014 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d8',
    500: '#bbbec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbec8;
$custom-light: #cfd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.01442,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEC8

secondary

#9C988C

accent

#855195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEC8

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

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