#BBC5EB#BBC5EB

#BBC5EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.054 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5EB
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(228, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, 4.46, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 20.43, 282.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% 0.0034 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.054 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4514, 56.4943, 86.5641)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5EB #EBE1BB

analogous

#BBDDEB #BBC5EB #C9BBEB

triadic

#BBC5EB #EBBBC5 #C5EBBB

tetradic

#BBC5EB #EBBBDD #EBE1BB #BBEBC9

square

#BBC5EB #EBBBDD #EBE1BB #BBEBC9

split-complementary

#BBC5EB #EBC9BB #DDEBBB

monochromatic

#5C74CF #8C9DDD #BBC5EB #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#BBC5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5EB

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5EB	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.054 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6f1',
    500: '#bbc5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5eb;
$custom-light: #d0d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82824,
    "c": 0.05449,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5EB

secondary

#C7B983

accent

#A123C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5EB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →