#BBB9EC#BBB9EC

#BBB9EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.072 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9EC
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(242, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 11.18, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 27.46, 294.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0203 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.072 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9792, 51.3181, 86.4548)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9EC #EAECB9

analogous

#B9D0EC #BBB9EC #D4B9EC

triadic

#BBB9EC #ECBBB9 #B9ECBB

tetradic

#BBB9EC #ECB9D0 #EAECB9 #B9ECD4

square

#BBB9EC #ECB9D0 #EAECB9 #B9ECD4

split-complementary

#BBB9EC #ECD4B9 #D0ECB9

monochromatic

#5D59D2 #8C89DF #BBB9EC #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BBB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9EC

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9EC	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.072 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef2',
    500: '#bbb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ec;
$custom-light: #d0cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80479,
    "c": 0.07163,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9EC

secondary

#C6C980

accent

#C521BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9EC

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

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