#BBD5EC#BBD5EC

#BBD5EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.043 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD5EC
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(208, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -3.81, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 14.68, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0179 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.043 245)
XYZ	xyz(59.4241, 64.2078, 88.6031)
Luminance	0.6421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD5EC #ECD2BB

analogous

#BBECEA #BBD5EC #BBBCEC

triadic

#BBD5EC #ECBBD5 #D5ECBB

tetradic

#BBD5EC #EABBEC #ECD2BB #BCECBB

square

#BBD5EC #EABBEC #ECD2BB #BCECBB

split-complementary

#BBD5EC #ECBBBC #ECEABB

monochromatic

#5B9AD1 #8BB7DF #BBD5EC #E7F0F8 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBD5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#BBD5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD5EC

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD5EC	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.043 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1f2',
    500: '#bbd5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd5ec;
$custom-light: #d0e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86114,
    "c": 0.0425,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.64209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD5EC

secondary

#C9A382

accent

#6E22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD5EC

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

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