#BBCED8#BBCED8

#BBCED8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.025 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCED8
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(201, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -4.38, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 8.37, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0158 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.025 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9565, 59.6642, 73.5734)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCED8 #D8C5BB

analogous

#BBD8D4 #BBCED8 #BBC0D8

triadic

#BBCED8 #D8BBCE #CED8BB

tetradic

#BBCED8 #D4BBD8 #D8C5BB #C0D8BB

square

#BBCED8 #D4BBD8 #D8C5BB #C0D8BB

split-complementary

#BBCED8 #D8BBC0 #D8D4BB

monochromatic

#6D96AB #94B2C2 #BBCED8 #E2EAEE #ECF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBCED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#BBCED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCED8

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCED8	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.025 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdde4',
    500: '#bbced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbced8;
$custom-light: #cfdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84015,
    "c": 0.02492,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCED8

secondary

#AE9689

accent

#6340A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCED8

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

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