#BBCAE2#BBCAE2

#BBCAE2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.037 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAE2
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -0.18, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 13.60, 269.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0066 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.037 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3382, 58.2957, 80.2734)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAE2 #E2D3BB

analogous

#BBDDE2 #BBCAE2 #BFBBE2

triadic

#BBCAE2 #E2BBCA #CAE2BB

tetradic

#BBCAE2 #E2BBDD #E2D3BB #BBE2BF

square

#BBCAE2 #E2BBDD #E2D3BB #BBE2BF

split-complementary

#BBCAE2 #E2BFBB #DDE2BB

monochromatic

#6587BD #90A9D0 #BBCAE2 #E6EBF4 #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBCAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#BBCAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAE2

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAE2	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)

#C2CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.037 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdaeb',
    500: '#bbcae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcae2;
$custom-light: #cfdaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.03745,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAE2

secondary

#BBA786

accent

#8232B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAE2

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

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