#BBC5CB#BBC5CB

#BBC5CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.014 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5CB
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(203, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(203, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -2.26, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 4.75, 241.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0082 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.014 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2370, 54.8086, 64.3681)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5CB #CBC1BB

analogous

#BBCBC9 #BBC5CB #BBBDCB

triadic

#BBC5CB #CBBBC5 #C5CBBB

tetradic

#BBC5CB #C9BBCB #CBC1BB #BDCBBB

square

#BBC5CB #C9BBCB #CBC1BB #BDCBBB

split-complementary

#BBC5CB #CBBBBD #CBC9BB

monochromatic

#768A96 #98A7B0 #BBC5CB #DEE3E6 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BBC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5CB

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5CB	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.014 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6da',
    500: '#bbc5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5cb;
$custom-light: #cfd6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81749,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5CB

secondary

#9F938B

accent

#6A4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5CB

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

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