#BBC3C8#BBC3C8

#BBC3C8 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.011 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3C8
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(203, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -1.78, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 3.89, 242.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0065 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.011 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4318, 53.7647, 62.3531)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3C8 #C8C0BB

analogous

#BBC8C6 #BBC3C8 #BBBCC8

triadic

#BBC3C8 #C8BBC3 #C3C8BB

tetradic

#BBC3C8 #C6BBC8 #C8C0BB #BCC8BB

square

#BBC3C8 #C6BBC8 #C8C0BB #BCC8BB

split-complementary

#BBC3C8 #C8BBBC #C8C6BB

monochromatic

#778791 #99A5AD #BBC3C8 #DDE1E3 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BBC3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3C8

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3C8	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.011 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5d8',
    500: '#bbc3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3c8;
$custom-light: #cfd5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.01133,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3C8

secondary

#9C928C

accent

#6B5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3C8

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

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