#BBCED9#BBCED9

#BBCED9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.026 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCED9
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(202, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -4.18, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 8.69, 241.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.0155 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.026 233)
XYZ	xyz(55.0862, 59.7161, 74.2563)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCED9 #D9C6BB

analogous

#BBD9D5 #BBCED9 #BBBFD9

triadic

#BBCED9 #D9BBCE #CED9BB

tetradic

#BBCED9 #D5BBD9 #D9C6BB #BFD9BB

square

#BBCED9 #D5BBD9 #D9C6BB #BFD9BB

split-complementary

#BBCED9 #D9BBBF #D9D5BB

monochromatic

#6C95AD #94B2C3 #BBCED9 #E2EAEF #EBF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBCED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#BBCED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCED9

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCED9	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.026 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdce4',
    500: '#bbced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbced9;
$custom-light: #cfdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84046,
    "c": 0.02573,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.59717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCED9

secondary

#B09789

accent

#653FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCED9

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

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