#BBC8E8#BBC8E8

#BBC8E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.047 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8E8
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(223, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(223, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, 2.19, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 17.45, 277.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0017 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.047 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7097, 57.6984, 84.5301)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8E8 #E8DBBB

analogous

#BBDFE8 #BBC8E8 #C5BBE8

triadic

#BBC8E8 #E8BBC8 #C8E8BB

tetradic

#BBC8E8 #E8BBDF #E8DBBB #BBE8C5

square

#BBC8E8 #E8BBDF #E8DBBB #BBE8C5

split-complementary

#BBC8E8 #E8C5BB #DFE8BB

monochromatic

#607EC9 #8DA3D9 #BBC8E8 #E8EDF7 #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBC8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#BBC8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8E8

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8E8	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.047 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8ef',
    500: '#bbc8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8e8;
$custom-light: #d0d8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83321,
    "c": 0.04712,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8E8

secondary

#C3B184

accent

#9229BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8E8

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

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