#BBB9DF#BBB9DF

#BBB9DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.053 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9DF
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(243, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 8.32, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 20.49, 293.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0161 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.053 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1588, 50.5899, 76.8673)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9DF #DDDFB9

analogous

#B9CADF #BBB9DF #CEB9DF

triadic

#BBB9DF #DFBBB9 #B9DFBB

tetradic

#BBB9DF #DFB9CA #DDDFB9 #B9DFCE

square

#BBB9DF #DFB9CA #DDDFB9 #B9DFCE

split-complementary

#BBB9DF #DFCEB9 #CADFB9

monochromatic

#6965B9 #928FCC #BBB9DF #E4E3F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BBB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9DF

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9DF	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.053 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee9',
    500: '#bbb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9df;
$custom-light: #cfcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.05338,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9DF

secondary

#B5B785

accent

#B035AA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9DF

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

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