#BBC8DE#BBC8DE

#BBC8DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.034 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8DE
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(218, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 0.03, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 12.42, 270.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0053 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.034 261)
XYZ	xyz(54.3295, 57.1463, 77.2610)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8DE #DED1BB

analogous

#BBD9DE #BBC8DE #BFBBDE

triadic

#BBC8DE #DEBBC8 #C8DEBB

tetradic

#BBC8DE #DEBBD9 #DED1BB #BBDEBF

square

#BBC8DE #DEBBD9 #DED1BB #BBDEBF

split-complementary

#BBC8DE #DEBFBB #D9DEBB

monochromatic

#6985B6 #92A7CA #BBC8DE #E4E9F2 #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BBC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8DE

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8DE	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.034 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e8',
    500: '#bbc8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8de;
$custom-light: #cfd8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82977,
    "c": 0.03401,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.57147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8DE

secondary

#B6A587

accent

#8238AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8DE

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

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