#BBC2E2#BBC2E2

#BBC2E2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.046 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC2E2
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 226)
HSL	hsl(229, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, 4.10, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 17.21, 283.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% 0.0045 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.046 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5095, 54.6385, 79.6639)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC2E2 #E2DBBB

analogous

#BBD5E2 #BBC2E2 #C7BBE2

triadic

#BBC2E2 #E2BBC2 #C2E2BB

tetradic

#BBC2E2 #E2BBD5 #E2DBBB #BBE2C7

square

#BBC2E2 #E2BBD5 #E2DBBB #BBE2C7

split-complementary

#BBC2E2 #E2C7BB #D5E2BB

monochromatic

#6575BD #909CD0 #BBC2E2 #E6E8F4 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#BBC2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC2E2

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC2E2	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.046 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd4eb',
    500: '#bbc2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc2e2;
$custom-light: #cfd4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81898,
    "c": 0.04561,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC2E2

secondary

#BBB286

accent

#9C32B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC2E2

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

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