#BBC4E2#BBC4E2

#BBC4E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.043 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E2
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(226, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, 3.02, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 16.22, 280.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% 0.0017 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.043 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9576, 55.5347, 79.8133)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E2 #E2D9BB

analogous

#BBD7E2 #BBC4E2 #C5BBE2

triadic

#BBC4E2 #E2BBC4 #C4E2BB

tetradic

#BBC4E2 #E2BBD7 #E2D9BB #BBE2C5

square

#BBC4E2 #E2BBD7 #E2D9BB #BBE2C5

split-complementary

#BBC4E2 #E2C5BB #D7E2BB

monochromatic

#657ABD #909FD0 #BBC4E2 #E6E9F4 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BBC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E2

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E2	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.043 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5eb',
    500: '#bbc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e2;
$custom-light: #cfd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82301,
    "c": 0.04328,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E2

secondary

#BBAF86

accent

#9532B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E2

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

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