#BBC9D2#BBC9D2

#BBC9D2 is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.020 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9D2
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 210)
HSL	hsl(203, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(203, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -2.97, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 6.79, 244.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0112 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.02 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0104, 56.9904, 69.1677)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9D2 #D2C4BB

analogous

#BBD2CF #BBC9D2 #BBBDD2

triadic

#BBC9D2 #D2BBC9 #C9D2BB

tetradic

#BBC9D2 #CFBBD2 #D2C4BB #BDD2BB

square

#BBC9D2 #CFBBD2 #D2C4BB #BDD2BB

split-complementary

#BBC9D2 #D2BBBD #D2CFBB

monochromatic

#718FA1 #96ACBA #BBC9D2 #E0E6EA #EDF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBC9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BBC9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9D2

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9D2	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.020 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9df',
    500: '#bbc9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9d2;
$custom-light: #cfd9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 20.354,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82792,
    "c": 0.01987,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9D2

secondary

#A7958A

accent

#69479F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9D2

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

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