#BBC6CB#BBC6CB

#BBC6CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.014 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC6CB
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(199, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -2.78, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 4.71, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0096 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.014 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4648, 55.2642, 64.4440)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC6CB #CBC0BB

analogous

#BBCBC8 #BBC6CB #BBBECB

triadic

#BBC6CB #CBBBC6 #C6CBBB

tetradic

#BBC6CB #C8BBCB #CBC0BB #BECBBB

square

#BBC6CB #C8BBCB #CBC0BB #BECBBB

split-complementary

#BBC6CB #CBBBBE #CBC8BB

monochromatic

#768C96 #98A9B0 #BBC6CB #DEE3E6 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BBC6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC6CB

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC6CB	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.014 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7da',
    500: '#bbc6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc6cb;
$custom-light: #cfd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81956,
    "c": 0.01401,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC6CB

secondary

#9F918B

accent

#654E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC6CB

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

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