#BBC4E7#BBC4E7

#BBC4E7 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.050 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E7
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(228, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(228, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 4.11, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 18.84, 282.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% 0.0034 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.05 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6537, 55.8132, 83.4794)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E7 #E7DEBB

analogous

#BBDAE7 #BBC4E7 #C8BBE7

triadic

#BBC4E7 #E7BBC4 #C4E7BB

tetradic

#BBC4E7 #E7BBDA #E7DEBB #BBE7C8

square

#BBC4E7 #E7BBDA #E7DEBB #BBE7C8

split-complementary

#BBC4E7 #E7C8BB #DAE7BB

monochromatic

#6176C7 #8E9DD7 #BBC4E7 #E8EBF7 #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BBC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E7

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E7	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.050 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ee',
    500: '#bbc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e7;
$custom-light: #d0d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.05015,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E7

secondary

#C2B584

accent

#9D2ABB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E7

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

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