#BBC8EF#BBC8EF

#BBC8EF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.057 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8EF
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(225, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, 3.74, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 21.05, 280.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% 0.0007 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.057 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7238, 58.1040, 89.8712)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8EF #EFE2BB

analogous

#BBE2EF #BBC8EF #C8BBEF

triadic

#BBC8EF #EFBBC8 #C8EFBB

tetradic

#BBC8EF #EFBBE2 #EFE2BB #BBEFC8

square

#BBC8EF #EFBBE2 #EFE2BB #BBEFC8

split-complementary

#BBC8EF #EFC8BB #E2EFBB

monochromatic

#5878D8 #89A0E3 #BBC8EF #E6EBF9 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#BBC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8EF

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8EF	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.057 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f4',
    500: '#bbc8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ef;
$custom-light: #d0d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83573,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8EF

secondary

#CDBA81

accent

#9E1CCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8EF

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

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