#BBC3EC#BBC3EC

#BBC3EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.058 H 276.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3EC
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(230, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(230, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 5.75, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 21.97, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% 0.0065 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.058 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1452, 55.6501, 87.1768)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3EC #ECE4BB

analogous

#BBDBEC #BBC3EC #CBBBEC

triadic

#BBC3EC #ECBBC3 #C3ECBB

tetradic

#BBC3EC #ECBBDB #ECE4BB #BBECCB

square

#BBC3EC #ECBBDB #ECE4BB #BBECCB

split-complementary

#BBC3EC #ECCBBB #DBECBB

monochromatic

#5B6FD1 #8B99DF #BBC3EC #E7EAF8 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BBC3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3EC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3EC	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.058 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5f2',
    500: '#bbc3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3ec;
$custom-light: #d0d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.204,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8246,
    "c": 0.05825,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3EC

secondary

#C9BD82

accent

#A922C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3EC

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

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