#BBCBE9#BBCBE9

#BBCBE9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.046 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBE9
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 233)
HSL	hsl(219, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(219, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, 0.81, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 16.65, 272.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0055 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.046 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5537, 59.1586, 85.5141)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBE9 #E9D9BB

analogous

#BBE2E9 #BBCBE9 #C2BBE9

triadic

#BBCBE9 #E9BBCB #CBE9BB

tetradic

#BBCBE9 #E9BBE2 #E9D9BB #BBE9C2

square

#BBCBE9 #E9BBE2 #E9D9BB #BBE9C2

split-complementary

#BBCBE9 #E9C2BB #E2E9BB

monochromatic

#5F84CB #8DA8DA #BBCBE9 #E8EDF8 #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#BBCBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBE9

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBE9	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.046 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daf0',
    500: '#bbcbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbe9;
$custom-light: #d0daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83965,
    "c": 0.04555,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBE9

secondary

#C5AE84

accent

#8A27BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBE9

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

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