#BBC3E2#BBC3E2

#BBC3E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.044 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3E2
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(228, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, 3.56, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 16.71, 282.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% 0.0031 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.044 274)
XYZ	xyz(53.7328, 55.0851, 79.7383)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3E2 #E2DABB

analogous

#BBD6E2 #BBC3E2 #C6BBE2

triadic

#BBC3E2 #E2BBC3 #C3E2BB

tetradic

#BBC3E2 #E2BBD6 #E2DABB #BBE2C6

square

#BBC3E2 #E2BBD6 #E2DABB #BBE2C6

split-complementary

#BBC3E2 #E2C6BB #D6E2BB

monochromatic

#6577BD #909DD0 #BBC3E2 #E6E9F4 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BBC3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3E2

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3E2	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.044 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5eb',
    500: '#bbc3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3e2;
$custom-light: #cfd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.692,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82099,
    "c": 0.04443,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.55086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3E2

secondary

#BBB086

accent

#9932B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3E2

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

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