#BBC8D1#BBC8D1

#BBC8D1 is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.019 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8D1
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 209)
HSL	hsl(205, 19%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -2.65, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 6.56, 246.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0101 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.019 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6539, 56.4761, 68.4362)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8D1 #D1C4BB

analogous

#BBD1CF #BBC8D1 #BBBDD1

triadic

#BBC8D1 #D1BBC8 #C8D1BB

tetradic

#BBC8D1 #CFBBD1 #D1C4BB #BDD1BB

square

#BBC8D1 #CFBBD1 #D1C4BB #BDD1BB

split-complementary

#BBC8D1 #D1BBBD #D1CFBB

monochromatic

#728DA0 #96AAB8 #BBC8D1 #E0E6EA #EDF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#BBC8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8D1

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8D1	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.019 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8df',
    500: '#bbc8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8d1;
$custom-light: #cfd8df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82554,
    "c": 0.01906,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8D1

secondary

#A6968A

accent

#6B489E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8D1

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

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