#BBBECB#BBBECB

#BBBECB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.019 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBECB
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(229, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 1.47, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 7.04, 282.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0018 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.019 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6843, 51.7032, 63.8505)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBECB #CBC8BB

analogous

#BBC6CB #BBBECB #C0BBCB

triadic

#BBBECB #CBBBBE #BECBBB

tetradic

#BBBECB #CBBBC6 #CBC8BB #BBCBC0

square

#BBBECB #CBBBC6 #CBC8BB #BBCBC0

split-complementary

#BBBECB #CBC0BB #C6CBBB

monochromatic

#767C96 #989DB0 #BBBECB #DEDFE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBBECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBECB

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBECB	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.019 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1da',
    500: '#bbbecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbecb;
$custom-light: #cfd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80313,
    "c": 0.01853,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBECB

secondary

#9F9B8B

accent

#8A4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBECB

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

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