#BBD8EF#BBD8EF

#BBD8EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.044 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8EF
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 62%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(207, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -4.72, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 15.21, 251.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0209 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.045 242)
XYZ	xyz(60.6251, 65.9067, 91.1717)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8EF #EFD2BB

analogous

#BBEFEC #BBD8EF #BBBEEF

triadic

#BBD8EF #EFBBD8 #D8EFBB

tetradic

#BBD8EF #ECBBEF #EFD2BB #BEEFBB

square

#BBD8EF #ECBBEF #EFD2BB #BEEFBB

split-complementary

#BBD8EF #EFBBBE #EFECBB

monochromatic

#589FD8 #89BCE3 #BBD8EF #E6F1F9 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#BBD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8EF

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8EF	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.044 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f4',
    500: '#bbd8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8ef;
$custom-light: #d0e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86833,
    "c": 0.0445,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.65909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8EF

secondary

#CDA381

accent

#691CCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8EF

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

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