#BBB9F7#BBB9F7

#BBB9F7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.087 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9F7
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 247)
HSL	hsl(242, 79%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(242, 25%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 13.70, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 33.34, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0236 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.087 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6268, 51.9771, 95.1322)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9F7 #F5F7B9

analogous

#B9D6F7 #BBB9F7 #DAB9F7

triadic

#BBB9F7 #F7BBB9 #B9F7BB

tetradic

#BBB9F7 #F7B9D6 #F5F7B9 #B9F7DA

square

#BBB9F7 #F7B9D6 #F5F7B9 #B9F7DA

split-complementary

#BBB9F7 #F7DAB9 #D6F7B9

monochromatic

#504BEA #8682F1 #BBB9F7 #E4E4FC #E4E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBB9F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBB9F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9F7

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9F7	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C1FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.087 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cefa',
    500: '#bbb9f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9f7;
$custom-light: #d0cefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80917,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9F7

secondary

#D6D97B

accent

#DC0AD5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9F7

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

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