#BBCBED#BBCBED

#BBCBED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.051 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBED
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(221, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(221, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, 1.69, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 18.65, 275.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0041 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.051 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1316, 59.3897, 88.5576)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBED #EDDDBB

analogous

#BBE4ED #BBCBED #C4BBED

triadic

#BBCBED #EDBBCB #CBEDBB

tetradic

#BBCBED #EDBBE4 #EDDDBB #BBEDC4

square

#BBCBED #EDBBE4 #EDDDBB #BBEDC4

split-complementary

#BBCBED #EDC4BB #E4EDBB

monochromatic

#5A81D3 #8BA6E0 #BBCBED #E7ECF9 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#BBCBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBED

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBED	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.051 265.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84106,
    "c": 0.05078,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBED

secondary

#CAB382

accent

#9120C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBED

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

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