#BBC8D7#BBC8D7

#BBC8D7 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.025 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8D7
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(212, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -1.43, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 9.08, 260.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0079 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.025 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4107, 56.7788, 72.4223)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8D7 #D7CABB

analogous

#BBD6D7 #BBC8D7 #BCBBD7

triadic

#BBC8D7 #D7BBC8 #C8D7BB

tetradic

#BBC8D7 #D7BBD6 #D7CABB #BBD7BC

square

#BBC8D7 #D7BBD6 #D7CABB #BBD7BC

split-complementary

#BBC8D7 #D7BCBB #D6D7BB

monochromatic

#6E8AAA #94A9C0 #BBC8D7 #E2E7EE #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#BBC8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8D7

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8D7	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.025 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e3',
    500: '#bbc8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8d7;
$custom-light: #cfd8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82746,
    "c": 0.02543,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8D7

secondary

#AD9C89

accent

#7641A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8D7

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

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