#BBC9CD#BBC9CD

#BBC9CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.016 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9CD
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(193, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -3.97, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 5.38, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0131 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.016 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3972, 56.7452, 65.9382)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9CD #CDBFBB

analogous

#BBCDC8 #BBC9CD #BBC0CD

triadic

#BBC9CD #CDBBC9 #C9CDBB

tetradic

#BBC9CD #C8BBCD #CDBFBB #C0CDBB

square

#BBC9CD #C8BBCD #CDBFBB #C0CDBB

split-complementary

#BBC9CD #CDBBC0 #CDC8BB

monochromatic

#749199 #98ADB3 #BBC9CD #DEE5E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#BBC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9CD

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9CD	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.016 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9dc',
    500: '#bbc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9cd;
$custom-light: #cfd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82638,
    "c": 0.01634,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9CD

secondary

#A1908B

accent

#5D4C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9CD

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

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