#BBC9DA#BBC9DA

#BBC9DA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.028 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9DA
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -1.33, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 10.15, 262.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0082 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.028 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0321, 57.3991, 74.5485)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9DA #DACCBB

analogous

#BBD9DA #BBC9DA #BDBBDA

triadic

#BBC9DA #DABBC9 #C9DABB

tetradic

#BBC9DA #DABBD9 #DACCBB #BBDABD

square

#BBC9DA #DABBD9 #DACCBB #BBDABD

split-complementary

#BBC9DA #DABDBB #D9DABB

monochromatic

#6C8AAF #93AAC4 #BBC9DA #E3E8F0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BBC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9DA

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9DA	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.028 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9e5',
    500: '#bbc9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9da;
$custom-light: #cfd9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83049,
    "c": 0.02835,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9DA

secondary

#B19F88

accent

#783DA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9DA

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

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