#BBCAEB#BBCAEB

#BBCAEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.049 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAEB
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(221, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(221, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 1.78, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 18.08, 275.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0034 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.049 266)
XYZ	xyz(56.6056, 58.8027, 86.9489)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAEB #EBDCBB

analogous

#BBE2EB #BBCAEB #C4BBEB

triadic

#BBCAEB #EBBBCA #CAEBBB

tetradic

#BBCAEB #EBBBE2 #EBDCBB #BBEBC4

square

#BBCAEB #EBBBE2 #EBDCBB #BBEBC4

split-complementary

#BBCAEB #EBC4BB #E2EBBB

monochromatic

#5C80CF #8CA5DD #BBCAEB #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBCAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BBCAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAEB

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAEB	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.049 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daf1',
    500: '#bbcaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcaeb;
$custom-light: #d0daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83832,
    "c": 0.04911,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.58804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAEB

secondary

#C7B283

accent

#9023C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAEB

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

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