#BBC4E9#BBC4E9

#BBC4E9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.053 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4E9
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(228, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, 4.55, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 19.89, 283.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% 0.0041 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.053 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9378, 55.9268, 84.9755)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4E9 #E9E0BB

analogous

#BBDBE9 #BBC4E9 #C9BBE9

triadic

#BBC4E9 #E9BBC4 #C4E9BB

tetradic

#BBC4E9 #E9BBDB #E9E0BB #BBE9C9

square

#BBC4E9 #E9BBDB #E9E0BB #BBE9C9

split-complementary

#BBC4E9 #E9C9BB #DBE9BB

monochromatic

#5F74CB #8D9CDA #BBC4E9 #E8EBF8 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BBC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4E9

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4E9	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.053 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5f0',
    500: '#bbc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4e9;
$custom-light: #d0d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8255,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4E9

secondary

#C5B884

accent

#A127BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4E9

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

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