#BBCED5#BBCED5

#BBCED5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.023 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCED5
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(196, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -4.99, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 7.54, 228.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.017 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.023 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5722, 59.5105, 71.5494)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCED5 #D5C2BB

analogous

#BBD5CF #BBCED5 #BBC1D5

triadic

#BBCED5 #D5BBCE #CED5BB

tetradic

#BBCED5 #CFBBD5 #D5C2BB #C1D5BB

square

#BBCED5 #CFBBD5 #D5C2BB #C1D5BB

split-complementary

#BBCED5 #D5BBC1 #D5CFBB

monochromatic

#6F97A6 #95B3BE #BBCED5 #E1E9EC #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBCED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#BBCED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCED5

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCED5	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.023 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdde1',
    500: '#bbced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbced5;
$custom-light: #cfdde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83921,
    "c": 0.02282,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCED5

secondary

#AB9289

accent

#5D43A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCED5

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

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