#BBC8EA#BBC8EA

#BBC8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.050 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8EA
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(223, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(223, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 2.63, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 18.48, 278.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0011 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.05 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9954, 57.8127, 86.0347)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8EA #EADDBB

analogous

#BBE0EA #BBC8EA #C5BBEA

triadic

#BBC8EA #EABBC8 #C8EABB

tetradic

#BBC8EA #EABBE0 #EADDBB #BBEAC5

square

#BBC8EA #EABBE0 #EADDBB #BBEAC5

split-complementary

#BBC8EA #EAC5BB #E0EABB

monochromatic

#5D7CCD #8CA2DC #BBC8EA #E8ECF8 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#BBC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8EA

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8EA	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.050 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f0',
    500: '#bbc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ea;
$custom-light: #d0d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83392,
    "c": 0.0498,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8EA

secondary

#C6B483

accent

#9525C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8EA

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

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