#BBB9EE#BBB9EE

#BBB9EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.074 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9EE
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(242, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 11.63, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 28.53, 294.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0209 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.074 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2714, 51.4349, 87.9937)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9EE #ECEEB9

analogous

#B9D1EE #BBB9EE #D5B9EE

triadic

#BBB9EE #EEBBB9 #B9EEBB

tetradic

#BBB9EE #EEB9D1 #ECEEB9 #B9EED5

square

#BBB9EE #EEB9D1 #ECEEB9 #B9EED5

split-complementary

#BBB9EE #EED5B9 #D1EEB9

monochromatic

#5B57D6 #8B88E2 #BBB9EE #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9EE

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9EE	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.074 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef3',
    500: '#bbb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ee;
$custom-light: #d0cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80557,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9EE

secondary

#C9CC7F

accent

#C91DC2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9EE

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

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