#BBCDD8#BBCDD8

#BBCDD8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.025 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDD8
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(203, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -3.86, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 8.45, 242.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0145 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.025 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7166, 59.1843, 73.4934)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDD8 #D8C6BB

analogous

#BBD8D5 #BBCDD8 #BBBFD8

triadic

#BBCDD8 #D8BBCD #CDD8BB

tetradic

#BBCDD8 #D5BBD8 #D8C6BB #BFD8BB

square

#BBCDD8 #D5BBD8 #D8C6BB #BFD8BB

split-complementary

#BBCDD8 #D8BBBF #D8D5BB

monochromatic

#6D94AB #94B0C2 #BBCDD8 #E2EAEE #ECF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#BBCDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDD8

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDD8	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.025 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdce4',
    500: '#bbcdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdd8;
$custom-light: #cfdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83808,
    "c": 0.0249,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDD8

secondary

#AE9789

accent

#6640A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDD8

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

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