#BBC9FF#BBC9FF

#BBC9FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.077 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9FF
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 255)
HSL	hsl(228, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(228, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, 6.87, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 28.86, 283.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% 0.0045 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.077 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4253, 59.5564, 102.9529)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9FF #FFF1BB

analogous

#BBEBFF #BBC9FF #CFBBFF

triadic

#BBC9FF #FFBBC9 #C9FFBB

tetradic

#BBC9FF #FFBBEB #FFF1BB #BBFFCF

square

#BBC9FF #FFBBEB #FFF1BB #BBFFCF

split-complementary

#BBC9FF #FFCFBB #EBFFBB

monochromatic

#4168FF #7E98FF #BBC9FF #E0E7FF #E0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBC9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#BBC9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9FF

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9FF	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.077 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9ff',
    500: '#bbc9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ff;
$custom-light: #d0d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84377,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9FF

secondary

#E7D077

accent

#B600E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9FF

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

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