#BBCBEC#BBCBEC

#BBCBEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.049 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBEC
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, 1.47, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 18.15, 274.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0045 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.049 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9859, 59.3315, 87.7903)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBEC #ECDCBB

analogous

#BBE3EC #BBCBEC #C3BBEC

triadic

#BBCBEC #ECBBCB #CBECBB

tetradic

#BBCBEC #ECBBE3 #ECDCBB #BBECC3

square

#BBCBEC #ECBBE3 #ECDCBB #BBECC3

split-complementary

#BBCBEC #ECC3BB #E3ECBB

monochromatic

#5B82D1 #8BA6DF #BBCBEC #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#BBCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBEC

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBEC	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.049 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daf2',
    500: '#bbcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbec;
$custom-light: #d0daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.408,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84071,
    "c": 0.04946,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBEC

secondary

#C9B282

accent

#8F22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBEC

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

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