#BBBCEC#BBBCEC

#BBBCEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.067 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCEC
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(239, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, 9.55, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 25.75, 291.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0161 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.067 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6134, 52.5865, 86.6662)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCEC #ECEBBB

analogous

#BBD4EC #BBBCEC #D2BBEC

triadic

#BBBCEC #ECBBBC #BCECBB

tetradic

#BBBCEC #ECBBD4 #ECEBBB #BBECD2

square

#BBBCEC #ECBBD4 #ECEBBB #BBECD2

split-complementary

#BBBCEC #ECD2BB #D4ECBB

monochromatic

#5B5ED1 #8B8DDF #BBBCEC #E7E7F8 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCEC

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCEC	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.067 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f2',
    500: '#bbbcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcec;
$custom-light: #d0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.776,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81069,
    "c": 0.06741,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCEC

secondary

#C9C782

accent

#C122C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCEC

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

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