#BBD5E4#BBD5E4

#BBD5E4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.035 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD5E4
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(202, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -5.53, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 11.68, 241.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0209 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.035 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2877, 63.7532, 82.6184)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD5E4 #E4CABB

analogous

#BBE4DF #BBD5E4 #BBC1E4

triadic

#BBD5E4 #E4BBD5 #D5E4BB

tetradic

#BBD5E4 #DFBBE4 #E4CABB #C1E4BB

square

#BBD5E4 #DFBBE4 #E4CABB #C1E4BB

split-complementary

#BBD5E4 #E4BBC1 #E4DFBB

monochromatic

#639FC1 #8FBAD3 #BBD5E4 #E7F0F5 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBD5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#BBD5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD5E4

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD5E4	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.035 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1ec',
    500: '#bbd5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd5e4;
$custom-light: #d0e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.951,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85849,
    "c": 0.03481,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD5E4

secondary

#BE9A85

accent

#612FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD5E4

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

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