#BBC9EF#BBC9EF

#BBC9EF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.055 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9EF
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(224, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, 3.20, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 20.58, 278.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0007 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.055 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9562, 58.5688, 89.9487)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9EF #EFE1BB

analogous

#BBE3EF #BBC9EF #C7BBEF

triadic

#BBC9EF #EFBBC9 #C9EFBB

tetradic

#BBC9EF #EFBBE3 #EFE1BB #BBEFC7

square

#BBC9EF #EFBBE3 #EFE1BB #BBEFC7

split-complementary

#BBC9EF #EFC7BB #E3EFBB

monochromatic

#587AD8 #89A2E3 #BBC9EF #E6EBF9 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#BBC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9EF

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9EF	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.055 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9f4',
    500: '#bbc9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ef;
$custom-light: #d0d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83774,
    "c": 0.05547,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9EF

secondary

#CDB981

accent

#9B1CCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9EF

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

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