#BBC8DB#BBC8DB

#BBC8DB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.030 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8DB
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(216, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -0.60, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 10.96, 266.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0064 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.03 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9310, 56.9869, 75.1623)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8DB #DBCEBB

analogous

#BBD8DB #BBC8DB #BEBBDB

triadic

#BBC8DB #DBBBC8 #C8DBBB

tetradic

#BBC8DB #DBBBD8 #DBCEBB #BBDBBE

square

#BBC8DB #DBBBD8 #DBCEBB #BBDBBE

split-complementary

#BBC8DB #DBBEBB #D8DBBB

monochromatic

#6B87B1 #93A8C6 #BBC8DB #E3E8F0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BBC8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8DB

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8DB	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)

#C2C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.030 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e6',
    500: '#bbc8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8db;
$custom-light: #cfd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82877,
    "c": 0.03024,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8DB

secondary

#B2A188

accent

#7D3CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8DB

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

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