#BBD8ED#BBD8ED

#BBD8ED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.043 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8ED
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(205, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -5.16, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 14.44, 249.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0216 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.043 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3313, 65.7892, 89.6242)
Luminance	0.6579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8ED #EDD0BB

analogous

#BBEDE9 #BBD8ED #BBBFED

triadic

#BBD8ED #EDBBD8 #D8EDBB

tetradic

#BBD8ED #E9BBED #EDD0BB #BFEDBB

square

#BBD8ED #E9BBED #EDD0BB #BFEDBB

split-complementary

#BBD8ED #EDBBBF #EDE9BB

monochromatic

#5AA0D3 #8BBCE0 #BBD8ED #E7F1F9 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBD8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#BBD8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8ED

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8ED	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.043 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f2',
    500: '#bbd8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8ed;
$custom-light: #d0e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86765,
    "c": 0.04252,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8ED

secondary

#CAA082

accent

#6520C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8ED

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

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