#BBC9FD#BBC9FD

#BBC9FD is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.074 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9FD
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 253)
HSL	hsl(227, 94%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(227, 26%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, 6.40, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 27.82, 283.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.0039 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.075 273)
XYZ	xyz(59.1051, 59.4283, 101.2662)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9FD #FDEFBB

analogous

#BBEAFD #BBC9FD #CEBBFD

triadic

#BBC9FD #FDBBC9 #C9FDBB

tetradic

#BBC9FD #FDBBEA #FDEFBB #BBFDCE

square

#BBC9FD #FDBBEA #FDEFBB #BBFDCE

split-complementary

#BBC9FD #FDCEBB #EAFDBB

monochromatic

#446BFA #809AFB #BBC9FD #E1E7FE #E1E7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBC9FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BBC9FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9FD

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9FD	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.074 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9fe',
    500: '#bbc9fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9fd;
$custom-light: #d0d9fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.843,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.5943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9FD

secondary

#E3CD79

accent

#B500E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9FD

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

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