#BBC8D8#BBC8D8

#BBC8D8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.027 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8D8
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -1.22, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 9.54, 262.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0075 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.027 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5396, 56.8304, 73.1010)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8D8 #D8CBBB

analogous

#BBD7D8 #BBC8D8 #BDBBD8

triadic

#BBC8D8 #D8BBC8 #C8D8BB

tetradic

#BBC8D8 #D8BBD7 #D8CBBB #BBD8BD

square

#BBC8D8 #D8BBD7 #D8CBBB #BBD8BD

split-complementary

#BBC8D8 #D8BDBB #D7D8BB

monochromatic

#6D89AB #94A9C2 #BBC8D8 #E2E7EE #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BBC8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8D8

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8D8	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.027 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e4',
    500: '#bbc8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8d8;
$custom-light: #cfd8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82778,
    "c": 0.0266,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8D8

secondary

#AE9E89

accent

#7840A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8D8

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

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