#BBBFC9#BBBFC9

#BBBFC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.015 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFC9
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(223, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, 0.54, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 5.52, 275.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0004 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.015 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6648, 52.0431, 62.6758)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFC9 #C9C5BB

analogous

#BBC6C9 #BBBFC9 #BEBBC9

triadic

#BBBFC9 #C9BBBF #BFC9BB

tetradic

#BBBFC9 #C9BBC6 #C9C5BB #BBC9BE

square

#BBBFC9 #C9BBC6 #C9C5BB #BBC9BE

split-complementary

#BBBFC9 #C9BEBB #C6C9BB

monochromatic

#777F93 #999FAE #BBBFC9 #DDDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BBBFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFC9

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFC9	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.015 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2d9',
    500: '#bbbfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfc9;
$custom-light: #cfd2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80454,
    "c": 0.01472,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFC9

secondary

#9D988C

accent

#825096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFC9

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

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