#BBC8FF#BBC8FF

#BBC8FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.078 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8FF
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(229, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(229, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 7.41, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 29.37, 284.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% 0.0058 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.078 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1930, 59.0917, 102.8755)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8FF #FFF2BB

analogous

#BBEAFF #BBC8FF #D0BBFF

triadic

#BBC8FF #FFBBC8 #C8FFBB

tetradic

#BBC8FF #FFBBEA #FFF2BB #BBFFD0

square

#BBC8FF #FFBBEA #FFF2BB #BBFFD0

split-complementary

#BBC8FF #FFD0BB #EAFFBB

monochromatic

#4165FF #7E97FF #BBC8FF #E0E6FF #E0E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBC8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#BBC8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8FF

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8FF	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.078 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8ff',
    500: '#bbc8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ff;
$custom-light: #d0d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.529,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84179,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8FF

secondary

#E7D277

accent

#BA00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8FF

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

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