#BBB9EB#BBB9EB

#BBB9EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.070 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9EB
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 10.96, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 26.92, 294.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.02 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.07 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8343, 51.2601, 85.6918)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9EB #E9EBB9

analogous

#B9D0EB #BBB9EB #D4B9EB

triadic

#BBB9EB #EBBBB9 #B9EBBB

tetradic

#BBB9EB #EBB9D0 #E9EBB9 #B9EBD4

square

#BBB9EB #EBB9D0 #E9EBB9 #B9EBD4

split-complementary

#BBB9EB #EBD4B9 #D0EBB9

monochromatic

#5F5AD0 #8D89DD #BBB9EB #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBB9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BBB9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9EB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9EB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.070 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef1',
    500: '#bbb9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9eb;
$custom-light: #d0cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80441,
    "c": 0.07023,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9EB

secondary

#C5C781

accent

#C322BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9EB

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

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