#BBB9EA#BBB9EA

#BBB9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.069 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9EA
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(242, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 10.73, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 26.39, 294.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0197 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.069 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6903, 51.2025, 84.9330)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9EA #E8EAB9

analogous

#B9D0EA #BBB9EA #D4B9EA

triadic

#BBB9EA #EABBB9 #B9EABB

tetradic

#BBB9EA #EAB9D0 #E8EAB9 #B9EAD4

square

#BBB9EA #EAB9D0 #E8EAB9 #B9EAD4

split-complementary

#BBB9EA #EAD4B9 #D0EAB9

monochromatic

#605BCE #8D8ADC #BBB9EA #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BBB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9EA

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9EA	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.069 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef0',
    500: '#bbb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ea;
$custom-light: #d0cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.449,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80402,
    "c": 0.06882,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9EA

secondary

#C3C681

accent

#C124BB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9EA

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

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