#BBC5DC#BBC5DC

#BBC5DC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.034 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5DC
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(222, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(222, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, 1.21, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 12.66, 275.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0018 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.034 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3750, 55.6638, 75.6284)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5DC #DCD2BB

analogous

#BBD6DC #BBC5DC #C2BBDC

triadic

#BBC5DC #DCBBC5 #C5DCBB

tetradic

#BBC5DC #DCBBD6 #DCD2BB #BBDCC2

square

#BBC5DC #DCBBD6 #DCD2BB #BBDCC2

split-complementary

#BBC5DC #DCC2BB #D6DCBB

monochromatic

#6A80B2 #93A3C7 #BBC5DC #E3E7F1 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BBC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5DC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5DC	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.034 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6e6',
    500: '#bbc5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5dc;
$custom-light: #cfd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 32.039,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82298,
    "c": 0.03412,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5DC

secondary

#B3A688

accent

#893BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5DC

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

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