#BBD8EA#BBD8EA

#BBD8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.040 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8EA
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -5.81, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 13.36, 244.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0227 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.04 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8967, 65.6153, 87.3352)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8EA #EACDBB

analogous

#BBEAE5 #BBD8EA #BBC0EA

triadic

#BBD8EA #EABBD8 #D8EABB

tetradic

#BBD8EA #E5BBEA #EACDBB #C0EABB

square

#BBD8EA #E5BBEA #EACDBB #C0EABB

split-complementary

#BBD8EA #EABBC0 #EAE5BB

monochromatic

#5DA2CD #8CBDDC #BBD8EA #E8F2F8 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#BBD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8EA

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8EA	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.040 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f0',
    500: '#bbd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8ea;
$custom-light: #d0e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86666,
    "c": 0.03976,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8EA

secondary

#C69D83

accent

#6125C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8EA

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

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