#BBC8EB#BBC8EB

#BBC8EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.051 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8EB
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(224, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(224, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, 2.85, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 18.99, 278.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0007 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.051 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1394, 57.8703, 86.7935)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8EB #EBDEBB

analogous

#BBE0EB #BBC8EB #C6BBEB

triadic

#BBC8EB #EBBBC8 #C8EBBB

tetradic

#BBC8EB #EBBBE0 #EBDEBB #BBEBC6

square

#BBC8EB #EBBBE0 #EBDEBB #BBEBC6

split-complementary

#BBC8EB #EBC6BB #E0EBBB

monochromatic

#5C7BCF #8CA2DD #BBC8EB #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#BBC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8EB

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8EB	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.051 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f1',
    500: '#bbc8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8eb;
$custom-light: #d0d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.75,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83428,
    "c": 0.05114,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8EB

secondary

#C7B583

accent

#9723C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8EB

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

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