#BBC4EB#BBC4EB

#BBC4EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.056 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4EB
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(229, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, 4.99, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 20.94, 283.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% 0.0048 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.056 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2251, 56.0417, 86.4887)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4EB #EBE2BB

analogous

#BBDCEB #BBC4EB #CABBEB

triadic

#BBC4EB #EBBBC4 #C4EBBB

tetradic

#BBC4EB #EBBBDC #EBE2BB #BBEBCA

square

#BBC4EB #EBBBDC #EBE2BB #BBEBCA

split-complementary

#BBC4EB #EBCABB #DCEBBB

monochromatic

#5C72CF #8C9BDD #BBC4EB #E7EAF8 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BBC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4EB

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4EB	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.056 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5f1',
    500: '#bbc4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4eb;
$custom-light: #d0d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82623,
    "c": 0.05566,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4EB

secondary

#C7BB83

accent

#A423C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4EB

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

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