#BBB9E9#BBB9E9

#BBB9E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.067 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9E9
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 233)
HSL	hsl(243, 52%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(243, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 10.51, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 25.85, 293.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0194 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.067 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5470, 51.1452, 84.1786)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9E9 #E7E9B9

analogous

#B9CFE9 #BBB9E9 #D3B9E9

triadic

#BBB9E9 #E9BBB9 #B9E9BB

tetradic

#BBB9E9 #E9B9CF #E7E9B9 #B9E9D3

square

#BBB9E9 #E9B9CF #E7E9B9 #B9E9D3

split-complementary

#BBB9E9 #E9D3B9 #CFE9B9

monochromatic

#615CCC #8E8ADA #BBB9E9 #E8E8F8 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBB9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BBB9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9E9

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9E9	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.067 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef0',
    500: '#bbb9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9e9;
$custom-light: #d0cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80364,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9E9

secondary

#C2C582

accent

#C026B9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9E9

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

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