#BBB9F9#BBB9F9

#BBB9F9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.090 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9F9
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 249)
HSL	hsl(242, 84%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(242, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 14.16, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 34.41, 294.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81% 0.0242 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.09 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9371, 52.1012, 96.7663)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9F9 #F7F9B9

analogous

#B9D7F9 #BBB9F9 #DBB9F9

triadic

#BBB9F9 #F9BBB9 #B9F9BB

tetradic

#BBB9F9 #F9B9D7 #F7F9B9 #B9F9DB

square

#BBB9F9 #F9B9D7 #F7F9B9 #B9F9DB

split-complementary

#BBB9F9 #F9DBB9 #D7F9B9

monochromatic

#4D48EF #8481F4 #BBB9F9 #E4E3FD #E4E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBB9F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BBB9F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9F9

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9F9	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.090 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cefb',
    500: '#bbb9f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9f9;
$custom-light: #d0cefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.875,
    "s": 84.211,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80999,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9F9

secondary

#D9DD7A

accent

#E105DA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9F9

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

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