#BBCDEC#BBCDEC

#BBCDEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.048 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDEC
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(218, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, 0.40, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 17.31, 271.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0072 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.048 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4613, 60.2822, 87.9488)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDEC #ECDABB

analogous

#BBE5EC #BBCDEC #C1BBEC

triadic

#BBCDEC #ECBBCD #CDECBB

tetradic

#BBCDEC #ECBBE5 #ECDABB #BBECC1

square

#BBCDEC #ECBBE5 #ECDABB #BBECC1

split-complementary

#BBCDEC #ECC1BB #E5ECBB

monochromatic

#5B87D1 #8BAADF #BBCDEC #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#BBCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDEC

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDEC	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.048 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcf2',
    500: '#bbcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdec;
$custom-light: #d0dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84477,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDEC

secondary

#C9AF82

accent

#8822C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDEC

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

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