#BBBFE9#BBBFE9

#BBBFE9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.059 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFE9
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(235, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(235, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, 7.25, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 22.50, 288.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% 0.011 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.059 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8288, 53.7087, 84.6058)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFE9 #E9E5BB

analogous

#BBD6E9 #BBBFE9 #CEBBE9

triadic

#BBBFE9 #E9BBBF #BFE9BB

tetradic

#BBBFE9 #E9BBD6 #E9E5BB #BBE9CE

square

#BBBFE9 #E9BBD6 #E9E5BB #BBE9CE

split-complementary

#BBBFE9 #E9CEBB #D6E9BB

monochromatic

#5F68CB #8D93DA #BBBFE9 #E8E9F8 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBBFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BBBFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFE9

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFE9	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.059 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2f0',
    500: '#bbbfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfe9;
$custom-light: #d0d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.05915,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFE9

secondary

#C5BF84

accent

#B127BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFE9

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

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