#BBC6EB#BBC6EB

#BBC6EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.053 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC6EB
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 3.92, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 19.94, 281.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% 0.002 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.053 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6793, 56.9500, 86.6401)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC6EB #EBE0BB

analogous

#BBDEEB #BBC6EB #C8BBEB

triadic

#BBC6EB #EBBBC6 #C6EBBB

tetradic

#BBC6EB #EBBBDE #EBE0BB #BBEBC8

square

#BBC6EB #EBBBDE #EBE0BB #BBEBC8

split-complementary

#BBC6EB #EBC8BB #DEEBBB

monochromatic

#5C77CF #8C9EDD #BBC6EB #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#BBC6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC6EB

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC6EB	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.053 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d7f1',
    500: '#bbc6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc6eb;
$custom-light: #d0d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83025,
    "c": 0.05334,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC6EB

secondary

#C7B883

accent

#9E23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC6EB

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

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