#BBC4E8#BBC4E8

#BBC4E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.052 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E8
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(228, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(228, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, 4.33, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 19.36, 282.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% 0.0038 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.052 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7954, 55.8698, 84.2253)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E8 #E8DFBB

analogous

#BBDBE8 #BBC4E8 #C9BBE8

triadic

#BBC4E8 #E8BBC4 #C4E8BB

tetradic

#BBC4E8 #E8BBDB #E8DFBB #BBE8C9

square

#BBC4E8 #E8BBDB #E8DFBB #BBE8C9

split-complementary

#BBC4E8 #E8C9BB #DBE8BB

monochromatic

#6075C9 #8D9CD9 #BBC4E8 #E8EBF7 #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BBC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E8

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E8	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.052 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ef',
    500: '#bbc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e8;
$custom-light: #d0d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82514,
    "c": 0.05153,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E8

secondary

#C3B784

accent

#9F29BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E8

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

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