#BBBECC#BBBECC

#BBBECC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.020 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBECC
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(229, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(229, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 1.67, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 7.57, 282.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0022 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.02 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8039, 51.7510, 64.4801)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBECC #CCC9BB

analogous

#BBC7CC #BBBECC #C1BBCC

triadic

#BBBECC #CCBBBE #BECCBB

tetradic

#BBBECC #CCBBC7 #CCC9BB #BBCCC1

square

#BBBECC #CCBBC7 #CCC9BB #BBCCC1

split-complementary

#BBBECC #CCC1BB #C7CCBB

monochromatic

#757B98 #989DB2 #BBBECC #DEDFE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBBECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBECC

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBECC	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.020 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1db',
    500: '#bbbecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbecc;
$custom-light: #cfd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80345,
    "c": 0.01991,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBECC

secondary

#A09C8B

accent

#8B4D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBECC

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

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