#BBCDE0#BBCDE0

#BBCDE0 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.033 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDE0
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(211, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(211, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -2.19, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 11.66, 259.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0115 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.033 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7761, 59.6081, 79.0735)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDE0 #E0CEBB

analogous

#BBDFE0 #BBCDE0 #BBBBE0

triadic

#BBCDE0 #E0BBCD #CDE0BB

tetradic

#BBCDE0 #E0BBDF #E0CEBB #BBE0BB

square

#BBCDE0 #E0BBDF #E0CEBB #BBE0BB

split-complementary

#BBCDE0 #E0BBBB #DFE0BB

monochromatic

#678FBA #91AECD #BBCDE0 #E5ECF3 #EAF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#BBCDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDE0

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDE0	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.033 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdce9',
    500: '#bbcde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcde0;
$custom-light: #cfdce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.811,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84067,
    "c": 0.03304,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDE0

secondary

#B9A087

accent

#7435B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDE0

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

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