#BBCDEB#BBCDEB

#BBCDEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.046 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDEB
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(218, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, 0.18, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 16.82, 270.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0075 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.046 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3164, 60.2242, 87.1858)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDEB #EBD9BB

analogous

#BBE5EB #BBCDEB #C1BBEB

triadic

#BBCDEB #EBBBCD #CDEBBB

tetradic

#BBCDEB #EBBBE5 #EBD9BB #BBEBC1

square

#BBCDEB #EBBBE5 #EBD9BB #BBEBC1

split-complementary

#BBCDEB #EBC1BB #E5EBBB

monochromatic

#5C87CF #8CAADD #BBCDEB #E7EEF8 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBCDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#BBCDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDEB

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDEB	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.046 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcf1',
    500: '#bbcdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdeb;
$custom-light: #d0dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84442,
    "c": 0.04637,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDEB

secondary

#C7AE83

accent

#8723C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDEB

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

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