#BBBEC9#BBBEC9

#BBBEC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.016 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEC9
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(227, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 1.07, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 5.98, 280.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0011 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.016 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4475, 51.6085, 62.6034)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEC9 #C9C6BB

analogous

#BBC5C9 #BBBEC9 #BFBBC9

triadic

#BBBEC9 #C9BBBE #BEC9BB

tetradic

#BBBEC9 #C9BBC5 #C9C6BB #BBC9BF

square

#BBBEC9 #C9BBC5 #C9C6BB #BBC9BF

split-complementary

#BBBEC9 #C9BFBB #C5C9BB

monochromatic

#777D93 #999DAE #BBBEC9 #DDDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BBBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEC9

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEC9	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.016 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d9',
    500: '#bbbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbec9;
$custom-light: #cfd1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80249,
    "c": 0.01577,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEC9

secondary

#9D998C

accent

#875096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEC9

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

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