#BBC8CF#BBC8CF

#BBC8CF is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.017 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8CF
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(201, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -3.05, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 5.86, 238.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0109 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.017 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4078, 56.3776, 67.1403)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8CF #CFC2BB

analogous

#BBCFCC #BBC8CF #BBBECF

triadic

#BBC8CF #CFBBC8 #C8CFBB

tetradic

#BBC8CF #CCBBCF #CFC2BB #BECFBB

square

#BBC8CF #CCBBCF #CFC2BB #BECFBB

split-complementary

#BBC8CF #CFBBBE #CFCCBB

monochromatic

#738E9C #97ABB6 #BBC8CF #DFE5E8 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BBC8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8CF

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8CF	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.017 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8dd',
    500: '#bbc8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8cf;
$custom-light: #cfd8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82492,
    "c": 0.01733,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8CF

secondary

#A4938B

accent

#674A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8CF

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

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