#BBC7CB#BBC7CB

#BBC7CB is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.014 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC7CB
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(195, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -3.31, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 4.75, 225.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0111 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.014 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6941, 55.7228, 64.5204)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC7CB #CBBFBB

analogous

#BBCBC7 #BBC7CB #BBBFCB

triadic

#BBC7CB #CBBBC7 #C7CBBB

tetradic

#BBC7CB #C7BBCB #CBBFBB #BFCBBB

square

#BBC7CB #C7BBCB #CBBFBB #BFCBBB

split-complementary

#BBC7CB #CBBBBF #CBC7BB

monochromatic

#768E96 #98AAB0 #BBC7CB #DEE4E6 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BBC7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC7CB

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC7CB	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.014 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8da',
    500: '#bbc7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc7cb;
$custom-light: #cfd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82162,
    "c": 0.01435,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC7CB

secondary

#9F908B

accent

#604E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC7CB

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

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