#BBC4E5#BBC4E5

#BBC4E5 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.047 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E5
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(227, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, 3.67, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 17.79, 281.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% 0.0027 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.047 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3729, 55.7008, 82.0002)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E5 #E5DCBB

analogous

#BBD9E5 #BBC4E5 #C7BBE5

triadic

#BBC4E5 #E5BBC4 #C4E5BB

tetradic

#BBC4E5 #E5BBD9 #E5DCBB #BBE5C7

square

#BBC4E5 #E5BBD9 #E5DCBB #BBE5C7

split-complementary

#BBC4E5 #E5C7BB #D9E5BB

monochromatic

#6277C3 #8F9ED4 #BBC4E5 #E7EAF6 #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BBC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E5

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E5	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.047 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5ed',
    500: '#bbc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e5;
$custom-light: #cfd5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82407,
    "c": 0.0474,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E5

secondary

#BFB385

accent

#9A2EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E5

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

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