#BBCDEA#BBCDEA

#BBCDEA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.045 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDEA
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(217, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -0.04, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 16.34, 269.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0079 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.045 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1723, 60.1666, 86.4271)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDEA #EAD8BB

analogous

#BBE5EA #BBCDEA #C0BBEA

triadic

#BBCDEA #EABBCD #CDEABB

tetradic

#BBCDEA #EABBE5 #EAD8BB #BBEAC0

square

#BBCDEA #EABBE5 #EAD8BB #BBEAC0

split-complementary

#BBCDEA #EAC0BB #E5EABB

monochromatic

#5D88CD #8CABDC #BBCDEA #E8EEF8 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBCDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#BBCDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDEA

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDEA	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.045 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcf0',
    500: '#bbcdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdea;
$custom-light: #d0dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84407,
    "c": 0.04511,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDEA

secondary

#C6AC83

accent

#8525C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDEA

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

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