#BBCAEC#BBCAEC

#BBCAEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.050 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAEC
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 2.00, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 18.59, 276.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0031 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.05 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7505, 58.8607, 87.7119)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAEC #ECDDBB

analogous

#BBE2EC #BBCAEC #C4BBEC

triadic

#BBCAEC #ECBBCA #CAECBB

tetradic

#BBCAEC #ECBBE2 #ECDDBB #BBECC4

square

#BBCAEC #ECBBE2 #ECDDBB #BBECC4

split-complementary

#BBCAEC #ECC4BB #E2ECBB

monochromatic

#5B7FD1 #8BA5DF #BBCAEC #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#BBCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAEC

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAEC	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.050 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daf2',
    500: '#bbcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcaec;
$custom-light: #d0daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.633,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83868,
    "c": 0.05044,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAEC

secondary

#C9B382

accent

#9222C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAEC

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

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