#BBC8ED#BBC8ED

#BBC8ED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.054 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8ED
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(224, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 3.29, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 20.02, 279.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.054 270)
XYZ	xyz(56.4300, 57.9865, 88.3238)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8ED #EDE0BB

analogous

#BBE1ED #BBC8ED #C7BBED

triadic

#BBC8ED #EDBBC8 #C8EDBB

tetradic

#BBC8ED #EDBBE1 #EDE0BB #BBEDC7

square

#BBC8ED #EDBBE1 #EDE0BB #BBEDC7

split-complementary

#BBC8ED #EDC7BB #E1EDBB

monochromatic

#5A7AD3 #8BA1E0 #BBC8ED #E7EBF9 #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#BBC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8ED

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8ED	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.054 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f2',
    500: '#bbc8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ed;
$custom-light: #d0d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.4,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.835,
    "c": 0.05385,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.57988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8ED

secondary

#CAB782

accent

#9B20C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8ED

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

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