#BBB9FA#BBB9FA

#BBB9FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.091 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9FA
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 250)
HSL	hsl(242, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(242, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 26%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 14.40, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 34.94, 294.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.0245 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.091 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0935, 52.1638, 97.5899)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9FA #F8FAB9

analogous

#B9D7FA #BBB9FA #DBB9FA

triadic

#BBB9FA #FABBB9 #B9FABB

tetradic

#BBB9FA #FAB9D7 #F8FAB9 #B9FADB

square

#BBB9FA #FAB9D7 #F8FAB9 #B9FADB

split-complementary

#BBB9FA #FADBB9 #D7FAB9

monochromatic

#4C47F2 #8480F6 #BBB9FA #E3E2FD #E3E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBB9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBB9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9FA

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9FA	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.091 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cefc',
    500: '#bbb9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9fa;
$custom-light: #d0cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.846,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9FA

secondary

#DBDE79

accent

#E302DC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9FA

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

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