#BBCBE8#BBCBE8

#BBCBE8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.044 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBE8
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 232)
HSL	hsl(219, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(219, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, 0.59, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 16.15, 272.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0059 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.044 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4113, 59.1016, 84.7639)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBE8 #E8D8BB

analogous

#BBE2E8 #BBCBE8 #C2BBE8

triadic

#BBCBE8 #E8BBCB #CBE8BB

tetradic

#BBCBE8 #E8BBE2 #E8D8BB #BBE8C2

square

#BBCBE8 #E8BBE2 #E8D8BB #BBE8C2

split-complementary

#BBCBE8 #E8C2BB #E2E8BB

monochromatic

#6085C9 #8DA8D9 #BBCBE8 #E8EEF7 #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#BBCBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBE8

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBE8	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.044 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daef',
    500: '#bbcbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbe8;
$custom-light: #d0daef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8393,
    "c": 0.04426,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBE8

secondary

#C3AD84

accent

#8829BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBE8

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

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