#BBCDD9#BBCDD9

#BBCDD9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.026 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDD9
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(204, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -3.65, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 8.81, 245.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0141 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.026 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8462, 59.2362, 74.1763)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDD9 #D9C7BB

analogous

#BBD9D6 #BBCDD9 #BBBED9

triadic

#BBCDD9 #D9BBCD #CDD9BB

tetradic

#BBCDD9 #D6BBD9 #D9C7BB #BED9BB

square

#BBCDD9 #D6BBD9 #D9C7BB #BED9BB

split-complementary

#BBCDD9 #D9BBBE #D9D6BB

monochromatic

#6C93AD #94B0C3 #BBCDD9 #E2EAEF #EBF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#BBCDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDD9

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDD9	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.026 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdce4',
    500: '#bbcdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdd9;
$custom-light: #cfdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8384,
    "c": 0.0258,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDD9

secondary

#B09889

accent

#683FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDD9

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

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