#BBC4EC#BBC4EC

#BBC4EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.057 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4EC
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(229, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 5.22, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 21.46, 284.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% 0.0051 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.057 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3700, 56.0997, 87.2517)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4EC #ECE3BB

analogous

#BBDCEC #BBC4EC #CABBEC

triadic

#BBC4EC #ECBBC4 #C4ECBB

tetradic

#BBC4EC #ECBBDC #ECE3BB #BBECCA

square

#BBC4EC #ECBBDC #ECE3BB #BBECCA

split-complementary

#BBC4EC #ECCABB #DCECBB

monochromatic

#5B71D1 #8B9ADF #BBC4EC #E7EAF8 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BBC4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4EC

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4EC	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.057 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5f2',
    500: '#bbc4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4ec;
$custom-light: #d0d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.98,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8266,
    "c": 0.05704,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4EC

secondary

#C9BC82

accent

#A622C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4EC

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

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