#BBD5EB#BBD5EB

#BBD5EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.041 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD5EB
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(208, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -4.03, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 14.27, 253.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0183 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.041 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2792, 64.1498, 87.8401)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD5EB #EBD1BB

analogous

#BBEBE9 #BBD5EB #BBBDEB

triadic

#BBD5EB #EBBBD5 #D5EBBB

tetradic

#BBD5EB #E9BBEB #EBD1BB #BDEBBB

square

#BBD5EB #E9BBEB #EBD1BB #BDEBBB

split-complementary

#BBD5EB #EBBBBD #EBE9BB

monochromatic

#5C9BCF #8CB8DD #BBD5EB #E7F0F8 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#BBD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD5EB

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD5EB	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.041 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1f1',
    500: '#bbd5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd5eb;
$custom-light: #d0e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8608,
    "c": 0.04145,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD5EB

secondary

#C7A283

accent

#6C23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD5EB

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

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