#BBD8EB#BBD8EB

#BBD8EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.041 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8EB
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -5.59, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 13.71, 245.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0223 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.041 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0407, 65.6730, 88.0939)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8EB #EBCEBB

analogous

#BBEBE6 #BBD8EB #BBC0EB

triadic

#BBD8EB #EBBBD8 #D8EBBB

tetradic

#BBD8EB #E6BBEB #EBCEBB #C0EBBB

square

#BBD8EB #E6BBEB #EBCEBB #C0EBBB

split-complementary

#BBD8EB #EBBBC0 #EBE6BB

monochromatic

#5CA2CF #8CBDDD #BBD8EB #E7F1F8 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#BBD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8EB

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8EB	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.041 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f1',
    500: '#bbd8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8eb;
$custom-light: #d0e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86699,
    "c": 0.04065,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8EB

secondary

#C79E83

accent

#6223C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8EB

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

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