#BBC8DD#BBC8DD

#BBC8DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.033 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8DD
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(217, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(217, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -0.18, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 11.93, 269.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0057 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.033 260)
XYZ	xyz(54.1958, 57.0929, 76.5573)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8DD #DDD0BB

analogous

#BBD9DD #BBC8DD #BFBBDD

triadic

#BBC8DD #DDBBC8 #C8DDBB

tetradic

#BBC8DD #DDBBD9 #DDD0BB #BBDDBF

square

#BBC8DD #DDBBD9 #DDD0BB #BBDDBF

split-complementary

#BBC8DD #DDBFBB #D9DDBB

monochromatic

#6986B4 #92A7C9 #BBC8DD #E4E9F1 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#BBC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8DD

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8DD	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.033 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e7',
    500: '#bbc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8dd;
$custom-light: #cfd8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.059,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82943,
    "c": 0.03274,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.57094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8DD

secondary

#B5A387

accent

#8039AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8DD

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

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