#BBB9EF#BBB9EF

#BBB9EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.076 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9EF
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(242, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 11.86, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 29.06, 294.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0212 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.076 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4187, 51.4939, 88.7695)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9EF #EDEFB9

analogous

#B9D2EF #BBB9EF #D6B9EF

triadic

#BBB9EF #EFBBB9 #B9EFBB

tetradic

#BBB9EF #EFB9D2 #EDEFB9 #B9EFD6

square

#BBB9EF #EFB9D2 #EDEFB9 #B9EFD6

split-complementary

#BBB9EF #EFD6B9 #D2EFB9

monochromatic

#5A55D8 #8B87E4 #BBB9EF #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BBB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9EF

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9EF	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.076 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef4',
    500: '#bbb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ef;
$custom-light: #d0cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80597,
    "c": 0.07582,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9EF

secondary

#CACD7F

accent

#CB1BC4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9EF

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

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