#BBC1EC#BBC1EC

#BBC1EC is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.061 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC1EC
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 236)
HSL	hsl(233, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(233, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, 6.83, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 23.02, 287.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% 0.0092 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.061 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7001, 54.7598, 87.0284)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC1EC #ECE6BB

analogous

#BBD9EC #BBC1EC #CDBBEC

triadic

#BBC1EC #ECBBC1 #C1ECBB

tetradic

#BBC1EC #ECBBD9 #ECE6BB #BBECCD

square

#BBC1EC #ECBBD9 #ECE6BB #BBECCD

split-complementary

#BBC1EC #ECCDBB #D9ECBB

monochromatic

#5B6AD1 #8B95DF #BBC1EC #E7E9F8 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BBC1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC1EC

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC1EC	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.061 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3f2',
    500: '#bbc1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc1ec;
$custom-light: #d0d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82061,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC1EC

secondary

#C9C082

accent

#B022C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC1EC

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

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