#BBC5EE#BBC5EE

#BBC5EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.059 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5EE
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(228, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, 5.12, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 22.00, 283.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% 0.0044 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.059 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8885, 56.6692, 88.8660)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5EE #EEE4BB

analogous

#BBDEEE #BBC5EE #CABBEE

triadic

#BBC5EE #EEBBC5 #C5EEBB

tetradic

#BBC5EE #EEBBDE #EEE4BB #BBEECA

square

#BBC5EE #EEBBDE #EEE4BB #BBEECA

split-complementary

#BBC5EE #EECABB #DEEEBB

monochromatic

#5971D6 #8A9BE2 #BBC5EE #E7EAF9 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#BBC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5EE

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5EE	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.059 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6f3',
    500: '#bbc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5ee;
$custom-light: #d0d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.235,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82934,
    "c": 0.05861,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5EE

secondary

#CCBD81

accent

#A61EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5EE

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

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