#BBB9DD#BBB9DD

#BBB9DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.051 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9DD
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(243, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 7.89, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 19.41, 293.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0154 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.051 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8907, 50.4827, 75.4556)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9DD #DBDDB9

analogous

#B9C9DD #BBB9DD #CDB9DD

triadic

#BBB9DD #DDBBB9 #B9DDBB

tetradic

#BBB9DD #DDB9C9 #DBDDB9 #B9DDCD

square

#BBB9DD #DDB9C9 #DBDDB9 #B9DDCD

split-complementary

#BBB9DD #DDCDB9 #C9DDB9

monochromatic

#6B67B5 #9390C9 #BBB9DD #E3E2F1 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9DD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9DD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.051 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee7',
    500: '#bbb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9dd;
$custom-light: #cfcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79917,
    "c": 0.05057,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9DD

secondary

#B2B585

accent

#AD38A7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9DD

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

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