#BBC3CE#BBC3CE

#BBC3CE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.018 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3CE
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -0.60, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 6.47, 264.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0042 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.018 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1468, 54.0507, 66.1188)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3CE #CEC6BB

analogous

#BBCDCE #BBC3CE #BDBBCE

triadic

#BBC3CE #CEBBC3 #C3CEBB

tetradic

#BBC3CE #CEBBCD #CEC6BB #BBCEBD

square

#BBC3CE #CEBBCD #CEC6BB #BBCEBD

split-complementary

#BBC3CE #CEBDBB #CDCEBB

monochromatic

#74849B #97A4B4 #BBC3CE #DFE2E8 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BBC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3CE

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3CE	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.018 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5dd',
    500: '#bbc3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3ce;
$custom-light: #cfd5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.01781,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3CE

secondary

#A2988B

accent

#794B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3CE

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

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