#BBCBE4#BBCBE4

#BBCBE4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.039 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBE4
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 228)
HSL	hsl(217, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -0.28, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 14.19, 268.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0073 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.039 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8496, 58.8769, 81.8056)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBE4 #E4D4BB

analogous

#BBE0E4 #BBCBE4 #C0BBE4

triadic

#BBCBE4 #E4BBCB #CBE4BB

tetradic

#BBCBE4 #E4BBE0 #E4D4BB #BBE4C0

square

#BBCBE4 #E4BBE0 #E4D4BB #BBE4C0

split-complementary

#BBCBE4 #E4C0BB #E0E4BB

monochromatic

#6388C1 #8FAAD3 #BBCBE4 #E7EDF5 #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBCBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBE4

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBE4	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)

#C3CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.039 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdaec',
    500: '#bbcbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbe4;
$custom-light: #cfdaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.585,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83792,
    "c": 0.03916,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBE4

secondary

#BEA885

accent

#822FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBE4

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

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