#BBC5E2#BBC5E2

#BBC5E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.042 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5E2
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 2.49, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 15.75, 279.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% 0.0003 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.042 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1840, 55.9873, 79.8887)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5E2 #E2D8BB

analogous

#BBD8E2 #BBC5E2 #C4BBE2

triadic

#BBC5E2 #E2BBC5 #C5E2BB

tetradic

#BBC5E2 #E2BBD8 #E2D8BB #BBE2C4

square

#BBC5E2 #E2BBD8 #E2D8BB #BBE2C4

split-complementary

#BBC5E2 #E2C4BB #D8E2BB

monochromatic

#657CBD #90A0D0 #BBC5E2 #E6EAF4 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#BBC5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5E2

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5E2	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.042 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6eb',
    500: '#bbc5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5e2;
$custom-light: #cfd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.615,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82503,
    "c": 0.04219,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5E2

secondary

#BBAE86

accent

#9232B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5E2

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

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