#BBC3CB#BBC3CB

#BBC3CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.014 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3CB
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(210, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -1.20, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 5.10, 256.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0054 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.014 248)
XYZ	xyz(50.7859, 53.9063, 64.2177)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3CB #CBC3BB

analogous

#BBCBCB #BBC3CB #BBBBCB

triadic

#BBC3CB #CBBBC3 #C3CBBB

tetradic

#BBC3CB #CBBBCB #CBC3BB #BBCBBB

square

#BBC3CB #CBBBCB #CBC3BB #BBCBBB

split-complementary

#BBC3CB #CBBBBB #CBCBBB

monochromatic

#768696 #98A4B0 #BBC3CB #DEE2E6 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BBC3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3CB

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3CB	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.014 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5da',
    500: '#bbc3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3cb;
$custom-light: #cfd5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81337,
    "c": 0.01431,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.53907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3CB

secondary

#9F958B

accent

#734E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3CB

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

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