#BBC8E2#BBC8E2

#BBC8E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.039 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8E2
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(220, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(220, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 0.89, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 14.41, 273.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0039 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.039 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8719, 57.3633, 80.1180)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8E2 #E2D5BB

analogous

#BBDBE2 #BBC8E2 #C1BBE2

triadic

#BBC8E2 #E2BBC8 #C8E2BB

tetradic

#BBC8E2 #E2BBDB #E2D5BB #BBE2C1

square

#BBC8E2 #E2BBDB #E2D5BB #BBE2C1

split-complementary

#BBC8E2 #E2C1BB #DBE2BB

monochromatic

#6583BD #90A5D0 #BBC8E2 #E6EBF4 #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBC8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#BBC8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8E2

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8E2	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.039 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8eb',
    500: '#bbc8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8e2;
$custom-light: #cfd8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83112,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8E2

secondary

#BBA986

accent

#8832B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8E2

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

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