#BBB9FF#BBB9FF

#BBB9FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.098 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9FF
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 255)
HSL	hsl(242, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, 15.58, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 37.60, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.0259 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.098 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8879, 52.4815, 101.7738)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9FF #FDFFB9

analogous

#B9DAFF #BBB9FF #DEB9FF

triadic

#BBB9FF #FFBBB9 #B9FFBB

tetradic

#BBB9FF #FFB9DA #FDFFB9 #B9FFDE

square

#BBB9FF #FFB9DA #FDFFB9 #B9FFDE

split-complementary

#BBB9FF #FFDEB9 #DAFFB9

monochromatic

#443FFF #807CFF #BBB9FF #E1E0FF #E1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBB9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BBB9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9FF

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9FF	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.098 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceff',
    500: '#bbb9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ff;
$custom-light: #d0ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9FF

secondary

#E3E775

accent

#E600DF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9FF

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

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