#BBCEE9#BBCEE9

#BBCEE9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.043 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCEE9
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(215, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -0.78, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 15.48, 267.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0096 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.043 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2690, 60.5892, 85.7526)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCEE9 #E9D6BB

analogous

#BBE5E9 #BBCEE9 #BFBBE9

triadic

#BBCEE9 #E9BBCE #CEE9BB

tetradic

#BBCEE9 #E9BBE5 #E9D6BB #BBE9BF

square

#BBCEE9 #E9BBE5 #E9D6BB #BBE9BF

split-complementary

#BBCEE9 #E9BFBB #E5E9BB

monochromatic

#5F8BCB #8DADDA #BBCEE9 #E8EEF8 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBCEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BBCEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCEE9

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCEE9	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.043 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcf0',
    500: '#bbcee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcee9;
$custom-light: #d0dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84576,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCEE9

secondary

#C5AA84

accent

#8027BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCEE9

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

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