#BBC3CD#BBC3CD

#BBC3CD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.017 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3CD
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(213, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(213, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -0.80, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 6.00, 262.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0046 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.017 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0258, 54.0023, 65.4810)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3CD #CDC5BB

analogous

#BBCCCD #BBC3CD #BCBBCD

triadic

#BBC3CD #CDBBC3 #C3CDBB

tetradic

#BBC3CD #CDBBCC #CDC5BB #BBCDBC

square

#BBC3CD #CDBBCC #CDC5BB #BBCDBC

split-complementary

#BBC3CD #CDBCBB #CCCDBB

monochromatic

#748599 #98A4B3 #BBC3CD #DEE2E7 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BBC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3CD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3CD	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.017 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5dc',
    500: '#bbc3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3cd;
$custom-light: #cfd5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.814,
    "c": 0.01661,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3CD

secondary

#A1978B

accent

#774C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3CD

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

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