#BBC8CE#BBC8CE

#BBC8CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.017 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8CE
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -3.25, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 5.56, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0113 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.017 227)
XYZ	xyz(52.2859, 56.3289, 66.4985)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8CE #CEC1BB

analogous

#BBCECB #BBC8CE #BBBFCE

triadic

#BBC8CE #CEBBC8 #C8CEBB

tetradic

#BBC8CE #CBBBCE #CEC1BB #BFCEBB

square

#BBC8CE #CBBBCE #CEC1BB #BFCEBB

split-complementary

#BBC8CE #CEBBBF #CECBBB

monochromatic

#748E9B #97ABB4 #BBC8CE #DFE5E8 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#BBC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8CE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8CE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.017 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8dc',
    500: '#bbc8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ce;
$custom-light: #cfd8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82461,
    "c": 0.01657,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.5633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8CE

secondary

#A2928B

accent

#644B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8CE

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

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