#BBC4E0#BBC4E0

#BBC4E0 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.041 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E0
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(225, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 2.59, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 15.18, 279.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% 0.001 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.041 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6848, 55.4256, 78.3764)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E0 #E0D7BB

analogous

#BBD6E0 #BBC4E0 #C4BBE0

triadic

#BBC4E0 #E0BBC4 #C4E0BB

tetradic

#BBC4E0 #E0BBD6 #E0D7BB #BBE0C4

square

#BBC4E0 #E0BBD6 #E0D7BB #BBE0C4

split-complementary

#BBC4E0 #E0C4BB #D6E0BB

monochromatic

#677BBA #91A0CD #BBC4E0 #E5E8F3 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BBC4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E0

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E0	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.041 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5e9',
    500: '#bbc4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e0;
$custom-light: #cfd5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82232,
    "c": 0.04055,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E0

secondary

#B9AC87

accent

#9235B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E0

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

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