#BBCDE5#BBCDE5

#BBCDE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.039 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDE5
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(214, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -1.12, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 13.94, 265.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0097 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.039 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4641, 59.8833, 82.6973)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDE5 #E5D3BB

analogous

#BBE2E5 #BBCDE5 #BEBBE5

triadic

#BBCDE5 #E5BBCD #CDE5BB

tetradic

#BBCDE5 #E5BBE2 #E5D3BB #BBE5BE

square

#BBCDE5 #E5BBE2 #E5D3BB #BBE5BE

split-complementary

#BBCDE5 #E5BEBB #E2E5BB

monochromatic

#628CC3 #8FACD4 #BBCDE5 #E7EEF6 #E9EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBCDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#BBCDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDE5

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDE5	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.039 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdced',
    500: '#bbcde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcde5;
$custom-light: #cfdced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84235,
    "c": 0.03891,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDE5

secondary

#BFA685

accent

#7D2EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDE5

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

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