#BBC5DD#BBC5DD

#BBC5DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.035 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5DD
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(222, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(222, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, 1.42, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 13.17, 276.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0015 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.035 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5079, 55.7169, 76.3280)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5DD #DDD3BB

analogous

#BBD6DD #BBC5DD #C2BBDD

triadic

#BBC5DD #DDBBC5 #C5DDBB

tetradic

#BBC5DD #DDBBD6 #DDD3BB #BBDDC2

square

#BBC5DD #DDBBD6 #DDD3BB #BBDDC2

split-complementary

#BBC5DD #DDC2BB #D6DDBB

monochromatic

#697FB4 #92A2C9 #BBC5DD #E4E8F1 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BBC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5DD

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5DD	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.035 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6e7',
    500: '#bbc5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5dd;
$custom-light: #cfd6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82332,
    "c": 0.03545,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5DD

secondary

#B5A787

accent

#8A39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5DD

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

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