#BBCBD8#BBCBD8

#BBCBD8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.025 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBD8
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(207, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(207, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -2.81, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 8.76, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0117 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.025 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2412, 58.2336, 73.3349)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBD8 #D8C8BB

analogous

#BBD8D7 #BBCBD8 #BBBDD8

triadic

#BBCBD8 #D8BBCB #CBD8BB

tetradic

#BBCBD8 #D7BBD8 #D8C8BB #BDD8BB

square

#BBCBD8 #D7BBD8 #D8C8BB #BDD8BB

split-complementary

#BBCBD8 #D8BBBD #D8D7BB

monochromatic

#6D90AB #94ADC2 #BBCBD8 #E2E9EE #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBCBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#BBCBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBD8

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBD8	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.025 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdae4',
    500: '#bbcbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbd8;
$custom-light: #cfdae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83395,
    "c": 0.02524,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBD8

secondary

#AE9A89

accent

#6D40A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBD8

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

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