#BBC4DD#BBC4DD

#BBC4DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.036 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4DD
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(224, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, 1.96, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 13.62, 278.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0001 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.036 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2816, 55.2643, 76.2525)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4DD #DDD4BB

analogous

#BBD5DD #BBC4DD #C3BBDD

triadic

#BBC4DD #DDBBC4 #C4DDBB

tetradic

#BBC4DD #DDBBD5 #DDD4BB #BBDDC3

square

#BBC4DD #DDBBD5 #DDD4BB #BBDDC3

split-complementary

#BBC4DD #DDC3BB #D5DDBB

monochromatic

#697DB4 #92A1C9 #BBC4DD #E4E7F1 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BBC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4DD

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4DD	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.036 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5e7',
    500: '#bbc4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4dd;
$custom-light: #cfd5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82128,
    "c": 0.03648,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4DD

secondary

#B5A987

accent

#8E39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4DD

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

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