#BBC5EA#BBC5EA

#BBC5EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.053 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5EA
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(227, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(227, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, 4.23, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 19.91, 282.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% 0.0031 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.053 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3074, 56.4367, 85.8054)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5EA #EAE0BB

analogous

#BBDCEA #BBC5EA #C8BBEA

triadic

#BBC5EA #EABBC5 #C5EABB

tetradic

#BBC5EA #EABBDC #EAE0BB #BBEAC8

square

#BBC5EA #EABBDC #EAE0BB #BBEAC8

split-complementary

#BBC5EA #EAC8BB #DCEABB

monochromatic

#5D75CD #8C9DDC #BBC5EA #E8EBF8 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BBC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5EA

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5EA	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.053 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6f0',
    500: '#bbc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5ea;
$custom-light: #d0d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.234,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82788,
    "c": 0.05311,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5EA

secondary

#C6B883

accent

#9F25C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5EA

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

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