#BBC5CD#BBC5CD

#BBC5CD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.016 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5CD
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(207, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -1.86, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 5.50, 250.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0074 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.016 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4769, 54.9045, 65.6314)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5CD #CDC3BB

analogous

#BBCDCC #BBC5CD #BBBCCD

triadic

#BBC5CD #CDBBC5 #C5CDBB

tetradic

#BBC5CD #CCBBCD #CDC3BB #BCCDBB

square

#BBC5CD #CCBBCD #CDC3BB #BCCDBB

split-complementary

#BBC5CD #CDBBBC #CDCCBB

monochromatic

#748999 #98A7B3 #BBC5CD #DEE3E7 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BBC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5CD

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5CD	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.016 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6dc',
    500: '#bbc5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5cd;
$custom-light: #cfd6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81811,
    "c": 0.01576,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5CD

secondary

#A1958B

accent

#6E4C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →