#BBC8CB#BBC8CB

#BBC8CB is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.015 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8CB
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(191, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -3.84, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 4.88, 218.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0125 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.015 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9250, 56.1845, 64.5974)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8CB #CBBEBB

analogous

#BBCBC6 #BBC8CB #BBC0CB

triadic

#BBC8CB #CBBBC8 #C8CBBB

tetradic

#BBC8CB #C6BBCB #CBBEBB #C0CBBB

square

#BBC8CB #C6BBCB #CBBEBB #C0CBBB

split-complementary

#BBC8CB #CBBBC0 #CBC6BB

monochromatic

#769096 #98ACB0 #BBC8CB #DEE4E6 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BBC8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8CB

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8CB	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.015 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8da',
    500: '#bbc8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8cb;
$custom-light: #cfd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8237,
    "c": 0.01488,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8CB

secondary

#9F8F8B

accent

#5C4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8CB

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

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