#BBC8EC#BBC8EC

#BBC8EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.052 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8EC
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(224, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 3.07, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 19.50, 279.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0004 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.053 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2843, 57.9282, 87.5565)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8EC #ECDFBB

analogous

#BBE0EC #BBC8EC #C6BBEC

triadic

#BBC8EC #ECBBC8 #C8ECBB

tetradic

#BBC8EC #ECBBE0 #ECDFBB #BBECC6

square

#BBC8EC #ECBBE0 #ECDFBB #BBECC6

split-complementary

#BBC8EC #ECC6BB #E0ECBB

monochromatic

#5B7BD1 #8BA1DF #BBC8EC #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBC8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BBC8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8EC

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8EC	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.052 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f2',
    500: '#bbc8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ec;
$custom-light: #d0d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.0525,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8EC

secondary

#C9B682

accent

#9922C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8EC

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

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