#BBD8EE#BBD8EE

#BBD8EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.043 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8EE
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(206, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -4.94, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 14.82, 250.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0212 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.044 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4778, 65.8478, 90.3958)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8EE #EED1BB

analogous

#BBEEEA #BBD8EE #BBBEEE

triadic

#BBD8EE #EEBBD8 #D8EEBB

tetradic

#BBD8EE #EABBEE #EED1BB #BEEEBB

square

#BBD8EE #EABBEE #EED1BB #BEEEBB

split-complementary

#BBD8EE #EEBBBE #EEEABB

monochromatic

#59A0D6 #8ABCE2 #BBD8EE #E7F1F9 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#BBD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8EE

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8EE	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.043 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f3',
    500: '#bbd8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8ee;
$custom-light: #d0e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86799,
    "c": 0.0435,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8EE

secondary

#CCA281

accent

#671EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8EE

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

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