#BBC6DE#BBC6DE

#BBC6DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.036 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC6DE
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(221, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 1.10, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 13.24, 274.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0025 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.036 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8693, 56.2260, 77.1077)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC6DE #DED3BB

analogous

#BBD7DE #BBC6DE #C1BBDE

triadic

#BBC6DE #DEBBC6 #C6DEBB

tetradic

#BBC6DE #DEBBD7 #DED3BB #BBDEC1

square

#BBC6DE #DEBBD7 #DED3BB #BBDEC1

split-complementary

#BBC6DE #DEC1BB #D7DEBB

monochromatic

#6981B6 #92A3CA #BBC6DE #E4E9F2 #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#BBC6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC6DE

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC6DE	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.036 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7e8',
    500: '#bbc6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc6de;
$custom-light: #cfd7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82569,
    "c": 0.0358,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC6DE

secondary

#B6A787

accent

#8938AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC6DE

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

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