#BBCAEE#BBCAEE

#BBCAEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.053 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAEE
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(222, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, 2.44, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 19.60, 277.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0024 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.053 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0427, 58.9776, 89.2508)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAEE #EEDFBB

analogous

#BBE3EE #BBCAEE #C5BBEE

triadic

#BBCAEE #EEBBCA #CAEEBB

tetradic

#BBCAEE #EEBBE3 #EEDFBB #BBEEC5

square

#BBCAEE #EEBBE3 #EEDFBB #BBEEC5

split-complementary

#BBCAEE #EEC5BB #E3EEBB

monochromatic

#597ED6 #8AA4E2 #BBCAEE #E7ECF9 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#BBCAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAEE

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAEE	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.053 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daf3',
    500: '#bbcaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcaee;
$custom-light: #d0daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8394,
    "c": 0.05309,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAEE

secondary

#CCB681

accent

#961EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAEE

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

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