#BBC5DF#BBC5DF

#BBC5DF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.038 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5DF
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(223, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(223, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 1.85, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 14.20, 277.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0008 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.038 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7759, 55.8241, 77.7397)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5DF #DFD5BB

analogous

#BBD7DF #BBC5DF #C3BBDF

triadic

#BBC5DF #DFBBC5 #C5DFBB

tetradic

#BBC5DF #DFBBD7 #DFD5BB #BBDFC3

square

#BBC5DF #DFBBD7 #DFD5BB #BBDFC3

split-complementary

#BBC5DF #DFC3BB #D7DFBB

monochromatic

#687EB8 #91A2CB #BBC5DF #E5E8F3 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BBC5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5DF

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5DF	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.038 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6e9',
    500: '#bbc5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5df;
$custom-light: #cfd6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.824,
    "c": 0.03814,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5DF

secondary

#B7AA87

accent

#8D37AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5DF

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

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