#BBC9FE#BBC9FE

#BBC9FE is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.076 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9FE
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 254)
HSL	hsl(227, 97%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(227, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, 6.64, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 28.34, 283.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% 0.0042 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.076 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2648, 59.4922, 102.1074)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9FE #FEF0BB

analogous

#BBEBFE #BBC9FE #CFBBFE

triadic

#BBC9FE #FEBBC9 #C9FEBB

tetradic

#BBC9FE #FEBBEB #FEF0BB #BBFECF

square

#BBC9FE #FEBBEB #FEF0BB #BBFECF

split-complementary

#BBC9FE #FECFBB #EBFEBB

monochromatic

#4269FC #7F99FD #BBC9FE #E1E7FF #E1E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBC9FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#BBC9FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9FE

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9FE	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.076 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9ff',
    500: '#bbc9fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9fe;
$custom-light: #d0d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.463,
    "s": 97.101,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84338,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9FE

secondary

#E5CE78

accent

#B600E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9FE

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

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