#BBC5DE#BBC5DE

#BBC5DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.037 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5DE
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(223, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, 1.63, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 13.68, 276.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0011 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.037 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6415, 55.7704, 77.0317)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5DE #DED4BB

analogous

#BBD6DE #BBC5DE #C2BBDE

triadic

#BBC5DE #DEBBC5 #C5DEBB

tetradic

#BBC5DE #DEBBD6 #DED4BB #BBDEC2

square

#BBC5DE #DEBBD6 #DED4BB #BBDEC2

split-complementary

#BBC5DE #DEC2BB #D6DEBB

monochromatic

#697FB6 #92A2CA #BBC5DE #E4E8F2 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BBC5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5DE

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5DE	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.037 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6e8',
    500: '#bbc5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5de;
$custom-light: #cfd6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82366,
    "c": 0.0368,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5DE

secondary

#B6A987

accent

#8C38AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5DE

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

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