#BBC9EE#BBC9EE

#BBC9EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.054 H 268.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9EE
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(224, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 2.98, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 20.06, 278.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.001 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.054 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8088, 58.5098, 89.1728)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9EE #EEE0BB

analogous

#BBE2EE #BBC9EE #C6BBEE

triadic

#BBC9EE #EEBBC9 #C9EEBB

tetradic

#BBC9EE #EEBBE2 #EEE0BB #BBEEC6

square

#BBC9EE #EEBBE2 #EEE0BB #BBEEC6

split-complementary

#BBC9EE #EEC6BB #E2EEBB

monochromatic

#597BD6 #8AA2E2 #BBC9EE #E7ECF9 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#BBC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9EE

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9EE	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.054 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9f3',
    500: '#bbc9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ee;
$custom-light: #d0d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.529,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83738,
    "c": 0.05413,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9EE

secondary

#CCB781

accent

#991EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9EE

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

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