#BBCDD4#BBCDD4

#BBCDD4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.022 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDD4
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(197, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -4.67, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 7.25, 229.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.016 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.022 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2057, 58.9800, 70.8030)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDD4 #D4C2BB

analogous

#BBD4CE #BBCDD4 #BBC0D4

triadic

#BBCDD4 #D4BBCD #CDD4BB

tetradic

#BBCDD4 #CEBBD4 #D4C2BB #C0D4BB

square

#BBCDD4 #CEBBD4 #D4C2BB #C0D4BB

split-complementary

#BBCDD4 #D4BBC0 #D4CEBB

monochromatic

#7096A5 #96B1BC #BBCDD4 #E0E9EC #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#BBCDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDD4

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDD4	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.022 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdce1',
    500: '#bbcdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdd4;
$custom-light: #cfdce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.02188,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDD4

secondary

#AA938A

accent

#5E45A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDD4

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

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