#BBCCE9#BBCCE9

#BBCCE9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.045 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCCE9
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(218, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, 0.28, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 16.24, 270.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0069 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.045 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7906, 59.6324, 85.5931)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCCE9 #E9D8BB

analogous

#BBE3E9 #BBCCE9 #C1BBE9

triadic

#BBCCE9 #E9BBCC #CCE9BB

tetradic

#BBCCE9 #E9BBE3 #E9D8BB #BBE9C1

square

#BBCCE9 #E9BBE3 #E9D8BB #BBE9C1

split-complementary

#BBCCE9 #E9C1BB #E3E9BB

monochromatic

#5F87CB #8DA9DA #BBCCE9 #E8EEF8 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBCCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#BBCCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCCE9

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCCE9	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.045 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dbf0',
    500: '#bbcce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcce9;
$custom-light: #d0dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84168,
    "c": 0.04467,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCCE9

secondary

#C5AD84

accent

#8727BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCCE9

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

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