#BBC4C8#BBC4C8

#BBC4C8 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.011 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4C8
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -2.31, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 3.85, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0079 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.011 226)
XYZ	xyz(50.6566, 54.2143, 62.4280)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4C8 #C8BFBB

analogous

#BBC8C5 #BBC4C8 #BBBDC8

triadic

#BBC4C8 #C8BBC4 #C4C8BB

tetradic

#BBC4C8 #C5BBC8 #C8BFBB #BDC8BB

square

#BBC4C8 #C5BBC8 #C8BFBB #BDC8BB

split-complementary

#BBC4C8 #C8BBBD #C8C5BB

monochromatic

#778991 #99A7AD #BBC4C8 #DDE1E3 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BBC4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4C8

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4C8	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.011 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5d8',
    500: '#bbc4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4c8;
$custom-light: #cfd5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81451,
    "c": 0.01144,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.54215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4C8

secondary

#9C918C

accent

#665195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4C8

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

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