#BBCBE5#BBCBE5

#BBCBE5 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.040 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBE5
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(217, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(217, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -0.06, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 14.68, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0069 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.04 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9888, 58.9326, 82.5389)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBE5 #E5D5BB

analogous

#BBE0E5 #BBCBE5 #C0BBE5

triadic

#BBCBE5 #E5BBCB #CBE5BB

tetradic

#BBCBE5 #E5BBE0 #E5D5BB #BBE5C0

square

#BBCBE5 #E5BBE0 #E5D5BB #BBE5C0

split-complementary

#BBCBE5 #E5C0BB #E0E5BB

monochromatic

#6287C3 #8FA9D4 #BBCBE5 #E7EDF6 #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#BBCBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBE5

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBE5	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.040 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdaed',
    500: '#bbcbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbe5;
$custom-light: #cfdaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83826,
    "c": 0.04043,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBE5

secondary

#BFA985

accent

#832EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBE5

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

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