#BBBECE#BBBECE

#BBBECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.023 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBECE
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 2.07, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 8.63, 283.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0029 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.023 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0453, 51.8476, 65.7516)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBECE #CECBBB

analogous

#BBC8CE #BBBECE #C2BBCE

triadic

#BBBECE #CEBBBE #BECEBB

tetradic

#BBBECE #CEBBC8 #CECBBB #BBCEC2

square

#BBBECE #CEBBC8 #CECBBB #BBCEC2

split-complementary

#BBBECE #CEC2BB #C8CEBB

monochromatic

#747A9B #979CB4 #BBBECE #DFE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BBBECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBECE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBECE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.023 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1dd',
    500: '#bbbece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbece;
$custom-light: #cfd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.02268,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBECE

secondary

#A29F8B

accent

#8E4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBECE

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

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