#BBC4E3#BBC4E3

#BBC4E3 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.045 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E3
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, 3.24, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 16.74, 281.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.002 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.045 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0953, 55.5898, 80.5380)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E3 #E3DABB

analogous

#BBD8E3 #BBC4E3 #C6BBE3

triadic

#BBC4E3 #E3BBC4 #C4E3BB

tetradic

#BBC4E3 #E3BBD8 #E3DABB #BBE3C6

square

#BBC4E3 #E3BBD8 #E3DABB #BBE3C6

split-complementary

#BBC4E3 #E3C6BB #D8E3BB

monochromatic

#6479BF #909ED1 #BBC4E3 #E6EAF5 #E9ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#BBC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E3

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E3	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.045 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5eb',
    500: '#bbc4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e3;
$custom-light: #cfd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.5,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82336,
    "c": 0.04466,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E3

secondary

#BCB086

accent

#9731B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E3

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

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