#BBC9CC#BBC9CC

#BBC9CC is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.016 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9CC
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(191, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -4.17, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 5.21, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0135 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.016 212)
XYZ	xyz(52.2769, 56.6970, 65.3045)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9CC #CCBEBB

analogous

#BBCCC7 #BBC9CC #BBC1CC

triadic

#BBC9CC #CCBBC9 #C9CCBB

tetradic

#BBC9CC #C7BBCC #CCBEBB #C1CCBB

square

#BBC9CC #C7BBCC #CCBEBB #C1CCBB

split-complementary

#BBC9CC #CCBBC1 #CCC7BB

monochromatic

#759198 #98ADB2 #BBC9CC #DEE5E6 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#BBC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9CC

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9CC	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.016 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9db',
    500: '#bbc9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9cc;
$custom-light: #cfd9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82607,
    "c": 0.0159,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.56698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9CC

secondary

#A08F8B

accent

#5A4D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9CC

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

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