#BBB9DB#BBB9DB

#BBB9DB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.048 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9DB
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(244, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 7.46, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 18.34, 294.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0147 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.048 288)
XYZ	xyz(50.6259, 50.3767, 74.0606)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9DB #D9DBB9

analogous

#B9C8DB #BBB9DB #CCB9DB

triadic

#BBB9DB #DBBBB9 #B9DBBB

tetradic

#BBB9DB #DBB9C8 #D9DBB9 #B9DBCC

square

#BBB9DB #DBB9C8 #D9DBB9 #B9DBCC

split-complementary

#BBB9DB #DBCCB9 #C8DBB9

monochromatic

#6C68B1 #9491C6 #BBB9DB #E2E1F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9DB

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9DB	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.048 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee6',
    500: '#bbb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9db;
$custom-light: #cfcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79846,
    "c": 0.04776,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.50377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9DB

secondary

#B0B286

accent

#AB3BA4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9DB

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

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