#BBD8EC#BBD8EC

#BBD8EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.042 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8EC
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -5.38, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 14.07, 247.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.022 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.042 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1856, 65.7309, 88.8569)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8EC #ECCFBB

analogous

#BBECE7 #BBD8EC #BBBFEC

triadic

#BBD8EC #ECBBD8 #D8ECBB

tetradic

#BBD8EC #E7BBEC #ECCFBB #BFECBB

square

#BBD8EC #E7BBEC #ECCFBB #BFECBB

split-complementary

#BBD8EC #ECBBBF #ECE7BB

monochromatic

#5BA1D1 #8BBDDF #BBD8EC #E7F1F8 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBD8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#BBD8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8EC

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8EC	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.042 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f2',
    500: '#bbd8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8ec;
$custom-light: #d0e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86732,
    "c": 0.04157,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8EC

secondary

#C99F82

accent

#6422C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8EC

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

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