#BBC8D9#BBC8D9

#BBC8D9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.028 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8D9
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(214, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -1.01, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 10.01, 264.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0071 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.028 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6693, 56.8822, 73.7840)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8D9 #D9CCBB

analogous

#BBD7D9 #BBC8D9 #BDBBD9

triadic

#BBC8D9 #D9BBC8 #C8D9BB

tetradic

#BBC8D9 #D9BBD7 #D9CCBB #BBD9BD

square

#BBC8D9 #D9BBD7 #D9CCBB #BBD9BD

split-complementary

#BBC8D9 #D9BDBB #D7D9BB

monochromatic

#6C88AD #94A8C3 #BBC8D9 #E2E8EF #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#BBC8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8D9

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8D9	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.028 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8e4',
    500: '#bbc8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8d9;
$custom-light: #cfd8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82811,
    "c": 0.02779,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8D9

secondary

#B09F89

accent

#7A3FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8D9

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

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