#BBC8EE#BBC8EE

#BBC8EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.055 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8EE
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(225, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(225, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, 3.51, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 20.53, 279.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% 0.0003 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.055 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5765, 58.0451, 89.0954)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8EE #EEE1BB

analogous

#BBE1EE #BBC8EE #C7BBEE

triadic

#BBC8EE #EEBBC8 #C8EEBB

tetradic

#BBC8EE #EEBBE1 #EEE1BB #BBEEC7

square

#BBC8EE #EEBBE1 #EEE1BB #BBEEC7

split-complementary

#BBC8EE #EEC7BB #E1EEBB

monochromatic

#5979D6 #8AA0E2 #BBC8EE #E7EBF9 #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#BBC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8EE

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8EE	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.055 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f3',
    500: '#bbc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ee;
$custom-light: #d0d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.706,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83536,
    "c": 0.0552,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8EE

secondary

#CCB981

accent

#9C1EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8EE

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

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