#BBC5E4#BBC5E4

#BBC5E4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.045 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5E4
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(225, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 2.92, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 16.78, 280.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% 0.001 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.045 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4600, 56.0978, 81.3424)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5E4 #E4DABB

analogous

#BBDAE4 #BBC5E4 #C6BBE4

triadic

#BBC5E4 #E4BBC5 #C5E4BB

tetradic

#BBC5E4 #E4BBDA #E4DABB #BBE4C6

square

#BBC5E4 #E4BBDA #E4DABB #BBE4C6

split-complementary

#BBC5E4 #E4C6BB #DAE4BB

monochromatic

#637AC1 #8FA0D3 #BBC5E4 #E7EAF5 #E9ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BBC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5E4

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5E4	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.045 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6ec',
    500: '#bbc5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5e4;
$custom-light: #cfd6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.366,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82573,
    "c": 0.0449,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5E4

secondary

#BEB085

accent

#952FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5E4

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

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