#BBC6EC#BBC6EC

#BBC6EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.055 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC6EC
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(227, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 4.14, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 20.46, 281.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.0024 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.055 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8241, 57.0079, 87.4031)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC6EC #ECE1BB

analogous

#BBDEEC #BBC6EC #C8BBEC

triadic

#BBC6EC #ECBBC6 #C6ECBB

tetradic

#BBC6EC #ECBBDE #ECE1BB #BBECC8

square

#BBC6EC #ECBBDE #ECE1BB #BBECC8

split-complementary

#BBC6EC #ECC8BB #DEECBB

monochromatic

#5B76D1 #8B9EDF #BBC6EC #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BBC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC6EC

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC6EC	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.055 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d7f2',
    500: '#bbc6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc6ec;
$custom-light: #d0d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83061,
    "c": 0.0547,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC6EC

secondary

#C9B982

accent

#9F22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC6EC

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

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