#BBC8D4#BBC8D4

#BBC8D4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.022 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8D4
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(209, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(209, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -2.04, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 7.76, 254.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.009 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.022 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0288, 56.6260, 70.4107)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8D4 #D4C7BB

analogous

#BBD4D3 #BBC8D4 #BBBBD4

triadic

#BBC8D4 #D4BBC8 #C8D4BB

tetradic

#BBC8D4 #D3BBD4 #D4C7BB #BBD4BB

square

#BBC8D4 #D3BBD4 #D4C7BB #BBD4BB

split-complementary

#BBC8D4 #D4BBBB #D4D3BB

monochromatic

#708BA5 #96AABC #BBC8D4 #E0E6EC #ECF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#BBC8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8D4

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8D4	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.022 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e1',
    500: '#bbc8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8d4;
$custom-light: #cfd8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82649,
    "c": 0.02207,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8D4

secondary

#AA998A

accent

#7145A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8D4

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

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