#BBC4E1#BBC4E1

#BBC4E1 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.042 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E1
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(226, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, 2.81, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 15.70, 280.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% 0.0013 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.042 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8208, 55.4800, 79.0927)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E1 #E1D8BB

analogous

#BBD7E1 #BBC4E1 #C5BBE1

triadic

#BBC4E1 #E1BBC4 #C4E1BB

tetradic

#BBC4E1 #E1BBD7 #E1D8BB #BBE1C5

square

#BBC4E1 #E1BBD7 #E1D8BB #BBE1C5

split-complementary

#BBC4E1 #E1C5BB #D7E1BB

monochromatic

#667ABC #919FCE #BBC4E1 #E5E9F4 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BBC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E1

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E1	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.042 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5ea',
    500: '#bbc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e1;
$custom-light: #cfd5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.789,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82266,
    "c": 0.04192,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E1

secondary

#BAAE86

accent

#9434B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E1

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

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