#BBC9EA#BBC9EA

#BBC9EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.049 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9EA
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, 2.09, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 18.02, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0024 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.049 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2277, 58.2774, 86.1122)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9EA #EADCBB

analogous

#BBE0EA #BBC9EA #C5BBEA

triadic

#BBC9EA #EABBC9 #C9EABB

tetradic

#BBC9EA #EABBE0 #EADCBB #BBEAC5

square

#BBC9EA #EABBE0 #EADCBB #BBEAC5

split-complementary

#BBC9EA #EAC5BB #E0EABB

monochromatic

#5D7FCD #8CA4DC #BBC9EA #E8ECF8 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#BBC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9EA

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9EA	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.049 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9f0',
    500: '#bbc9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ea;
$custom-light: #d0d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.128,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83595,
    "c": 0.04878,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9EA

secondary

#C6B283

accent

#9225C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9EA

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

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