#BBC8DC#BBC8DC

#BBC8DC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.031 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8DC
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(216, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -0.39, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 11.44, 268.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.006 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.031 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0630, 57.0397, 75.8577)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8DC #DCCFBB

analogous

#BBD9DC #BBC8DC #BFBBDC

triadic

#BBC8DC #DCBBC8 #C8DCBB

tetradic

#BBC8DC #DCBBD9 #DCCFBB #BBDCBF

square

#BBC8DC #DCBBD9 #DCCFBB #BBDCBF

split-complementary

#BBC8DC #DCBFBB #D9DCBB

monochromatic

#6A87B2 #93A7C7 #BBC8DC #E3E9F1 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BBC8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8DC

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8DC	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.031 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e6',
    500: '#bbc8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8dc;
$custom-light: #cfd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 32.039,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8291,
    "c": 0.03148,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8DC

secondary

#B3A288

accent

#7F3BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8DC

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

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