#BBC4DE#BBC4DE

#BBC4DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.038 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4DE
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(225, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, 2.17, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 14.14, 278.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% 0.0003 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.038 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4152, 55.3177, 76.9563)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4DE #DED5BB

analogous

#BBD5DE #BBC4DE #C3BBDE

triadic

#BBC4DE #DEBBC4 #C4DEBB

tetradic

#BBC4DE #DEBBD5 #DED5BB #BBDEC3

square

#BBC4DE #DEBBD5 #DED5BB #BBDEC3

split-complementary

#BBC4DE #DEC3BB #D5DEBB

monochromatic

#697CB6 #92A0CA #BBC4DE #E4E8F2 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BBC4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4DE

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4DE	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.038 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5e8',
    500: '#bbc4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4de;
$custom-light: #cfd5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82163,
    "c": 0.03784,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4DE

secondary

#B6AA87

accent

#8F38AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4DE

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

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