#BBB9ED#BBB9ED

#BBB9ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.073 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9ED
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 11.41, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 27.99, 294.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0206 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.073 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1249, 51.3763, 87.2221)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9ED #EBEDB9

analogous

#B9D1ED #BBB9ED #D5B9ED

triadic

#BBB9ED #EDBBB9 #B9EDBB

tetradic

#BBB9ED #EDB9D1 #EBEDB9 #B9EDD5

square

#BBB9ED #EDB9D1 #EBEDB9 #B9EDD5

split-complementary

#BBB9ED #EDD5B9 #D1EDB9

monochromatic

#5C58D4 #8C88E0 #BBB9ED #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBB9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BBB9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9ED

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9ED	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.073 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef3',
    500: '#bbb9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ed;
$custom-light: #d0cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80518,
    "c": 0.07303,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9ED

secondary

#C7CA80

accent

#C71FC0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9ED

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

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