#BBCAED#BBCAED

#BBCAED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.052 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAED
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(222, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 2.22, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 19.10, 276.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0027 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.052 267)
XYZ	xyz(56.8962, 58.9190, 88.4792)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAED #EDDEBB

analogous

#BBE3ED #BBCAED #C5BBED

triadic

#BBCAED #EDBBCA #CAEDBB

tetradic

#BBCAED #EDBBE3 #EDDEBB #BBEDC5

square

#BBCAED #EDBBE3 #EDDEBB #BBEDC5

split-complementary

#BBCAED #EDC5BB #E3EDBB

monochromatic

#5A7FD3 #8BA4E0 #BBCAED #E7ECF9 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBCAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAED

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAED	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.052 267.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83904,
    "c": 0.05176,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.5892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAED

secondary

#CAB582

accent

#9420C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAED

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

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