#BBC9DE#BBC9DE

#BBC9DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.033 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9DE
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(216, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -0.50, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 12.04, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0067 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.033 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5618, 57.6110, 77.3385)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9DE #DED0BB

analogous

#BBDADE #BBC9DE #BEBBDE

triadic

#BBC9DE #DEBBC9 #C9DEBB

tetradic

#BBC9DE #DEBBDA #DED0BB #BBDEBE

square

#BBC9DE #DEBBDA #DED0BB #BBDEBE

split-complementary

#BBC9DE #DEBEBB #DADEBB

monochromatic

#6988B6 #92A8CA #BBC9DE #E4EAF2 #EAEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#BBC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9DE

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9DE	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.033 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9e8',
    500: '#bbc9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9de;
$custom-light: #cfd9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83181,
    "c": 0.03321,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9DE

secondary

#B6A387

accent

#7E38AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9DE

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

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