#BBC9DB#BBC9DB

#BBC9DB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.030 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9DB
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -1.13, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 10.61, 263.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0078 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.03 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1633, 57.4516, 75.2398)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9DB #DBCDBB

analogous

#BBD9DB #BBC9DB #BDBBDB

triadic

#BBC9DB #DBBBC9 #C9DBBB

tetradic

#BBC9DB #DBBBD9 #DBCDBB #BBDBBD

square

#BBC9DB #DBBBD9 #DBCDBB #BBDBBD

split-complementary

#BBC9DB #DBBDBB #D9DBBB

monochromatic

#6B89B1 #93A9C6 #BBC9DB #E3E9F0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#BBC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9DB

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9DB	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.030 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9e6',
    500: '#bbc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9db;
$custom-light: #cfd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83081,
    "c": 0.02955,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9DB

secondary

#B2A088

accent

#7A3CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9DB

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

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