#BBCCEC#BBCCEC

#BBCCEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.049 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCCEC
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 236)
HSL	hsl(219, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(219, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, 0.94, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 17.72, 273.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0058 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.049 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2228, 59.8053, 87.8693)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCCEC #ECDBBB

analogous

#BBE4EC #BBCCEC #C2BBEC

triadic

#BBCCEC #ECBBCC #CCECBB

tetradic

#BBCCEC #ECBBE4 #ECDBBB #BBECC2

square

#BBCCEC #ECBBE4 #ECDBBB #BBECC2

split-complementary

#BBCCEC #ECC2BB #E4ECBB

monochromatic

#5B84D1 #8BA8DF #BBCCEC #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBCCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BBCCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCCEC

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCCEC	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbccec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.049 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dbf2',
    500: '#bbccec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbccec;
$custom-light: #d0dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbccec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.184,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84274,
    "c": 0.04854,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCCEC

secondary

#C9B082

accent

#8C22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCCEC

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

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