#BBCAE0#BBCAE0

#BBCAE0 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.035 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAE0
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(216, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -0.60, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 12.64, 267.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0073 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.035 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0653, 58.1866, 78.8365)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAE0 #E0D1BB

analogous

#BBDCE0 #BBCAE0 #BEBBE0

triadic

#BBCAE0 #E0BBCA #CAE0BB

tetradic

#BBCAE0 #E0BBDC #E0D1BB #BBE0BE

square

#BBCAE0 #E0BBDC #E0D1BB #BBE0BE

split-complementary

#BBCAE0 #E0BEBB #DCE0BB

monochromatic

#6788BA #91A9CD #BBCAE0 #E5EBF3 #EAEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBCAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#BBCAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAE0

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAE0	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.035 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdae9',
    500: '#bbcae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcae0;
$custom-light: #cfdae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83452,
    "c": 0.03494,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAE0

secondary

#B9A487

accent

#7E35B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAE0

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

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