#BBCBF9#BBCBF9

#BBCBF9 is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.067 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBF9
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 249)
HSL	hsl(225, 84%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(225, 25%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, 4.40, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 24.77, 280.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0001 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.067 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9438, 60.1146, 98.1019)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBF9 #F9E9BB

analogous

#BBEAF9 #BBCBF9 #CABBF9

triadic

#BBCBF9 #F9BBCB #CBF9BB

tetradic

#BBCBF9 #F9BBEA #F9E9BB #BBF9CA

square

#BBCBF9 #F9BBEA #F9E9BB #BBF9CA

split-complementary

#BBCBF9 #F9CABB #EAF9BB

monochromatic

#4B75EF #83A0F4 #BBCBF9 #E3E9FD #E3E9FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBCBF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#BBCBF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBF9

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBF9	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.067 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dafb',
    500: '#bbcbf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbf9;
$custom-light: #d0dafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84546,
    "c": 0.06681,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBF9

secondary

#DDC47B

accent

#A805E0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBF9

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

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