#BBC6DD#BBC6DD

#BBC6DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.034 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC6DD
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(221, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, 0.89, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 12.74, 274.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0029 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.034 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7357, 56.1725, 76.4039)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC6DD #DDD2BB

analogous

#BBD7DD #BBC6DD #C1BBDD

triadic

#BBC6DD #DDBBC6 #C6DDBB

tetradic

#BBC6DD #DDBBD7 #DDD2BB #BBDDC1

square

#BBC6DD #DDBBD7 #DDD2BB #BBDDC1

split-complementary

#BBC6DD #DDC1BB #D7DDBB

monochromatic

#6982B4 #92A4C9 #BBC6DD #E4E8F1 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BBC6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC6DD

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC6DD	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.034 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7e7',
    500: '#bbc6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc6dd;
$custom-light: #cfd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82535,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC6DD

secondary

#B5A687

accent

#8739AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC6DD

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

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