#BBC4E6#BBC4E6

#BBC4E6 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.049 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E6
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(227, 46%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, 3.89, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 18.31, 282.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% 0.0031 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.049 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5129, 55.7568, 82.7377)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E6 #E6DDBB

analogous

#BBDAE6 #BBC4E6 #C8BBE6

triadic

#BBC4E6 #E6BBC4 #C4E6BB

tetradic

#BBC4E6 #E6BBDA #E6DDBB #BBE6C8

square

#BBC4E6 #E6BBDA #E6DDBB #BBE6C8

split-complementary

#BBC4E6 #E6C8BB #DAE6BB

monochromatic

#6276C5 #8E9DD6 #BBC4E6 #E8EBF6 #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BBC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E6

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E6	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.049 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ee',
    500: '#bbc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e6;
$custom-light: #d0d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82443,
    "c": 0.04877,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E6

secondary

#C1B485

accent

#9C2CB9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E6

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

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