#BBD8FF#BBD8FF

#BBD8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.063 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD8FF
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -1.12, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 22.19, 267.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0152 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.063 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.0943, 66.8944, 104.1759)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD8FF #FFE2BB

analogous

#BBFAFF #BBD8FF #C0BBFF

triadic

#BBD8FF #FFBBD8 #D8FFBB

tetradic

#BBD8FF #FFBBFA #FFE2BB #BBFFC0

square

#BBD8FF #FFBBFA #FFE2BB #BBFFC0

split-complementary

#BBD8FF #FFC0BB #FAFFBB

monochromatic

#4192FF #7EB5FF #BBD8FF #E0EDFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBD8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#BBD8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD8FF

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD8FF	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D3FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8E0E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.063 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4ff',
    500: '#bbd8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd8ff;
$custom-light: #d0e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87394,
    "c": 0.06256,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD8FF

secondary

#E7B777

accent

#8400E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD8FF

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

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