#BBC6E2#BBC6E2

#BBC6E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.041 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC6E2
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 226)
HSL	hsl(223, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(223, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, 1.95, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 15.28, 277.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0011 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.041 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4118, 56.4430, 79.9646)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC6E2 #E2D7BB

analogous

#BBD9E2 #BBC6E2 #C3BBE2

triadic

#BBC6E2 #E2BBC6 #C6E2BB

tetradic

#BBC6E2 #E2BBD9 #E2D7BB #BBE2C3

square

#BBC6E2 #E2BBD9 #E2D7BB #BBE2C3

split-complementary

#BBC6E2 #E2C3BB #D9E2BB

monochromatic

#657EBD #90A2D0 #BBC6E2 #E6EAF4 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BBC6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC6E2

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC6E2	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.041 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7eb',
    500: '#bbc6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc6e2;
$custom-light: #cfd7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.077,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82706,
    "c": 0.04113,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC6E2

secondary

#BBAC86

accent

#8F32B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC6E2

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

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