#BBC8CD#BBC8CD

#BBC8CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.016 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8CD
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(197, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -3.45, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 5.29, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0117 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.016 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1648, 56.2805, 65.8607)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8CD #CDC0BB

analogous

#BBCDC9 #BBC8CD #BBBFCD

triadic

#BBC8CD #CDBBC8 #C8CDBB

tetradic

#BBC8CD #C9BBCD #CDC0BB #BFCDBB

square

#BBC8CD #C9BBCD #CDC0BB #BFCDBB

split-complementary

#BBC8CD #CDBBBF #CDC9BB

monochromatic

#748F99 #98ABB3 #BBC8CD #DEE5E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#BBC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8CD

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8CD	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.016 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8dc',
    500: '#bbc8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8cd;
$custom-light: #cfd8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8243,
    "c": 0.01591,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8CD

secondary

#A1918B

accent

#624C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8CD

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

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