#BBCBEB#BBCBEB

#BBCBEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.048 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBEB
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(220, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, 1.25, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 17.65, 274.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0048 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.048 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8410, 59.2735, 87.0273)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBEB #EBDBBB

analogous

#BBE3EB #BBCBEB #C3BBEB

triadic

#BBCBEB #EBBBCB #CBEBBB

tetradic

#BBCBEB #EBBBE3 #EBDBBB #BBEBC3

square

#BBCBEB #EBBBE3 #EBDBBB #BBEBC3

split-complementary

#BBCBEB #EBC3BB #E3EBBB

monochromatic

#5C83CF #8CA7DD #BBCBEB #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#BBCBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBEB

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBEB	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.048 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daf1',
    500: '#bbcbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbeb;
$custom-light: #d0daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84035,
    "c": 0.04815,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBEB

secondary

#C7B183

accent

#8D23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBEB

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

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