#BBCAE7#BBCAE7

#BBCAE7 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.044 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAE7
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 231)
HSL	hsl(220, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(220, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, 0.90, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 16.07, 273.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0048 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.044 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0342, 58.5742, 83.9395)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAE7 #E7D8BB

analogous

#BBE0E7 #BBCAE7 #C2BBE7

triadic

#BBCAE7 #E7BBCA #CAE7BB

tetradic

#BBCAE7 #E7BBE0 #E7D8BB #BBE7C2

square

#BBCAE7 #E7BBE0 #E7D8BB #BBE7C2

split-complementary

#BBCAE7 #E7C2BB #E0E7BB

monochromatic

#6183C7 #8EA7D7 #BBCAE7 #E8EDF7 #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBCAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#BBCAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAE7

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAE7	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.044 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daee',
    500: '#bbcae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcae7;
$custom-light: #d0daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83692,
    "c": 0.04386,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAE7

secondary

#C2AD84

accent

#8A2ABB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAE7

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

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