#BBB9F5#BBB9F5

#BBB9F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.084 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9F5
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 245)
HSL	hsl(242, 75%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(242, 24%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 13.23, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 32.27, 294.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% 0.023 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.084 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.3198, 51.8543, 93.5155)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9F5 #F3F5B9

analogous

#B9D5F5 #BBB9F5 #D9B9F5

triadic

#BBB9F5 #F5BBB9 #B9F5BB

tetradic

#BBB9F5 #F5B9D5 #F3F5B9 #B9F5D9

square

#BBB9F5 #F5B9D5 #F3F5B9 #B9F5D9

split-complementary

#BBB9F5 #F5D9B9 #D5F5B9

monochromatic

#534EE6 #8783ED #BBB9F5 #E5E4FB #E5E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBB9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BBB9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9F5

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9F5	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BDF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.084 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef8',
    500: '#bbb9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9f5;
$custom-light: #d0cef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80836,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9F5

secondary

#D3D67C

accent

#D70ED0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9F5

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

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