#BBCBD5#BBCBD5

#BBCBD5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.022 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBD5
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(203, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(203, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -3.42, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 7.63, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0128 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.022 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8569, 58.0799, 71.3110)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBD5 #D5C5BB

analogous

#BBD5D2 #BBCBD5 #BBBED5

triadic

#BBCBD5 #D5BBCB #CBD5BB

tetradic

#BBCBD5 #D2BBD5 #D5C5BB #BED5BB

square

#BBCBD5 #D2BBD5 #D5C5BB #BED5BB

split-complementary

#BBCBD5 #D5BBBE #D5D2BB

monochromatic

#6F91A6 #95AEBE #BBCBD5 #E1E8EC #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBCBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#BBCBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBD5

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBD5	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.022 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdae1',
    500: '#bbcbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbd5;
$custom-light: #cfdae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.833,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBD5

secondary

#AB9689

accent

#6843A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBD5

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

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