#BBC4ED#BBC4ED

#BBC4ED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.058 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4ED
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(229, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, 5.44, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 21.99, 284.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% 0.0054 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.058 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5157, 56.1579, 88.0190)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4ED #EDE4BB

analogous

#BBDDED #BBC4ED #CBBBED

triadic

#BBC4ED #EDBBC4 #C4EDBB

tetradic

#BBC4ED #EDBBDD #EDE4BB #BBEDCB

square

#BBC4ED #EDBBDD #EDE4BB #BBEDCB

split-complementary

#BBC4ED #EDCBBB #DDEDBB

monochromatic

#5A70D3 #8B9AE0 #BBC4ED #E7EAF9 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BBC4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4ED

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4ED	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.058 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5f3',
    500: '#bbc4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4ed;
$custom-light: #d0d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82697,
    "c": 0.05842,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4ED

secondary

#CABD82

accent

#A820C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4ED

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

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