#BBC5EC#BBC5EC

#BBC5EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.056 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5EC
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(228, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(228, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, 4.68, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 20.96, 282.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% 0.0037 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.056 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5963, 56.5523, 87.3272)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5EC #ECE2BB

analogous

#BBDDEC #BBC5EC #C9BBEC

triadic

#BBC5EC #ECBBC5 #C5ECBB

tetradic

#BBC5EC #ECBBDD #ECE2BB #BBECC9

square

#BBC5EC #ECBBDD #ECE2BB #BBECC9

split-complementary

#BBC5EC #ECC9BB #DDECBB

monochromatic

#5B73D1 #8B9CDF #BBC5EC #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#BBC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5EC

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5EC	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.056 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6f2',
    500: '#bbc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5ec;
$custom-light: #d0d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.755,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8286,
    "c": 0.05585,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5EC

secondary

#C9BA82

accent

#A322C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5EC

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

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