#BBCBD9#BBCBD9

#BBCBD9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.026 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBD9
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(208, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(208, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -2.60, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 9.17, 253.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0113 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.026 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3709, 58.2855, 74.0179)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBD9 #D9C9BB

analogous

#BBD9D8 #BBCBD9 #BBBCD9

triadic

#BBCBD9 #D9BBCB #CBD9BB

tetradic

#BBCBD9 #D8BBD9 #D9C9BB #BCD9BB

square

#BBCBD9 #D8BBD9 #D9C9BB #BCD9BB

split-complementary

#BBCBD9 #D9BBBC #D9D8BB

monochromatic

#6C8FAD #94ADC3 #BBCBD9 #E2E9EF #EBF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBCBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#BBCBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBD9

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBD9	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.026 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdae4',
    500: '#bbcbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbd9;
$custom-light: #cfdae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83427,
    "c": 0.02627,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBD9

secondary

#B09B89

accent

#6F3FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBD9

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

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