#BBC4E4#BBC4E4

#BBC4E4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.046 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E4
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(227, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 3.46, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 17.27, 281.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% 0.0024 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.046 273)
XYZ	xyz(54.2337, 55.6451, 81.2670)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E4 #E4DBBB

analogous

#BBD9E4 #BBC4E4 #C7BBE4

triadic

#BBC4E4 #E4BBC4 #C4E4BB

tetradic

#BBC4E4 #E4BBD9 #E4DBBB #BBE4C7

square

#BBC4E4 #E4BBD9 #E4DBBB #BBE4C7

split-complementary

#BBC4E4 #E4C7BB #D9E4BB

monochromatic

#6378C1 #8F9ED3 #BBC4E4 #E7EAF5 #E9ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BBC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E4

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E4	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.046 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5ec',
    500: '#bbc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e4;
$custom-light: #cfd5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.829,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82371,
    "c": 0.04602,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.55646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E4

secondary

#BEB185

accent

#992FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E4

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

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