#BBC4EE#BBC4EE

#BBC4EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.060 H 275.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4EE
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 5.66, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 22.51, 284.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% 0.0058 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.06 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6622, 56.2165, 88.7906)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4EE #EEE5BB

analogous

#BBDDEE #BBC4EE #CBBBEE

triadic

#BBC4EE #EEBBC4 #C4EEBB

tetradic

#BBC4EE #EEBBDD #EEE5BB #BBEECB

square

#BBC4EE #EEBBDD #EEE5BB #BBEECB

split-complementary

#BBC4EE #EECBBB #DDEEBB

monochromatic

#596FD6 #8A9AE2 #BBC4EE #E7EAF9 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BBC4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4EE

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4EE	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.060 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5f3',
    500: '#bbc4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4ee;
$custom-light: #d0d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82734,
    "c": 0.05981,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4EE

secondary

#CCBF81

accent

#AA1EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4EE

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

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