#BBCAF8#BBCAF8

#BBCAF8 is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.067 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCAF8
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 248)
HSL	hsl(225, 81%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(225, 25%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 4.71, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 24.74, 280.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% 0.0009 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.067 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5528, 59.5816, 97.2042)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCAF8 #F8E9BB

analogous

#BBE8F8 #BBCAF8 #CABBF8

triadic

#BBCAF8 #F8BBCA #CAF8BB

tetradic

#BBCAF8 #F8BBE8 #F8E9BB #BBF8CA

square

#BBCAF8 #F8BBE8 #F8E9BB #BBF8CA

split-complementary

#BBCAF8 #F8CABB #E8F8BB

monochromatic

#4C74ED #849FF2 #BBCAF8 #E3E9FC #E3E9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#BBCAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCAF8

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCAF8	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCEFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.067 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dafa',
    500: '#bbcaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcaf8;
$custom-light: #d0dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.246,
    "s": 81.333,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84308,
    "c": 0.06656,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCAF8

secondary

#DBC47C

accent

#A908DE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCAF8

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

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