#BBB9DA#BBB9DA

#BBB9DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.046 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9DA
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(244, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 7.25, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 17.80, 294.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% 0.0144 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.046 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4946, 50.3242, 73.3694)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9DA #D8DAB9

analogous

#B9C8DA #BBB9DA #CCB9DA

triadic

#BBB9DA #DABBB9 #B9DABB

tetradic

#BBB9DA #DAB9C8 #D8DAB9 #B9DACC

square

#BBB9DA #DAB9C8 #D8DAB9 #B9DACC

split-complementary

#BBB9DA #DACCB9 #C8DAB9

monochromatic

#6D69B0 #9491C5 #BBB9DA #E2E1EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9DA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9DA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.046 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee5',
    500: '#bbb9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9da;
$custom-light: #cfcee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.636,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9DA

secondary

#AEB186

accent

#AA3CA3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9DA

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

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