#BBD9E2#BBD9E2

#BBD9E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.034 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9E2
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(194, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -8.03, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 11.16, 223.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.027 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.034 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0302, 65.6799, 81.5041)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9E2 #E2C4BB

analogous

#BBE2D7 #BBD9E2 #BBC5E2

triadic

#BBD9E2 #E2BBD9 #D9E2BB

tetradic

#BBD9E2 #D7BBE2 #E2C4BB #C5E2BB

square

#BBD9E2 #D7BBE2 #E2C4BB #C5E2BB

split-complementary

#BBD9E2 #E2BBC5 #E2D7BB

monochromatic

#65A9BD #90C1D0 #BBD9E2 #E6F1F4 #EAF3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBD9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#BBD9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9E2

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9E2	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.034 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4eb',
    500: '#bbd9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9e2;
$custom-light: #d0e4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86616,
    "c": 0.03421,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9E2

secondary

#BB9286

accent

#5032B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9E2

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

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