#B9BBFF#B9BBFF

#B9BBFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.096 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBFF
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(238, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(238, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, 13.90, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 36.45, 292.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0211 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.096 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8232, 53.0736, 101.8914)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBFF #FFFDB9

analogous

#B9DEFF #B9BBFF #DAB9FF

triadic

#B9BBFF #FFB9BB #BBFFB9

tetradic

#B9BBFF #FFB9DE #FFFDB9 #B9FFDA

square

#B9BBFF #FFB9DE #FFFDB9 #B9FFDA

split-complementary

#B9BBFF #FFDAB9 #DEFFB9

monochromatic

#3F44FF #7C80FF #B9BBFF #E0E1FF #E0E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9BBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#B9BBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBFF

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBFF	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.096 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfff',
    500: '#b9bbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbff;
$custom-light: #cfcfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81484,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBFF

secondary

#E7E375

accent

#DF00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBFF

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

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