#BBB9DC#BBB9DC

#BBB9DC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.049 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9DC
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(243, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(243, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 7.67, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 18.87, 293.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0151 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.049 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7579, 50.4295, 74.7560)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9DC #DADCB9

analogous

#B9C9DC #BBB9DC #CDB9DC

triadic

#BBB9DC #DCBBB9 #B9DCBB

tetradic

#BBB9DC #DCB9C9 #DADCB9 #B9DCCD

square

#BBB9DC #DCB9C9 #DADCB9 #B9DCCD

split-complementary

#BBB9DC #DCCDB9 #C9DCB9

monochromatic

#6C67B3 #9390C8 #BBB9DC #E3E2F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BBB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9DC

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9DC	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.049 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee7',
    500: '#bbb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9dc;
$custom-light: #cfcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79881,
    "c": 0.04917,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9DC

secondary

#B1B486

accent

#AC39A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9DC

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

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