#BBD9EA#BBD9EA

#BBD9EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.040 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9EA
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(202, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -6.33, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 13.25, 241.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.024 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.04 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1537, 66.1293, 87.4208)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9EA #EACCBB

analogous

#BBEAE3 #BBD9EA #BBC2EA

triadic

#BBD9EA #EABBD9 #D9EABB

tetradic

#BBD9EA #E3BBEA #EACCBB #C2EABB

square

#BBD9EA #E3BBEA #EACCBB #C2EABB

split-complementary

#BBD9EA #EABBC2 #EAE3BB

monochromatic

#5DA5CD #8CBFDC #BBD9EA #E8F2F8 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBD9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#BBD9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9EA

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9EA	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.040 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f0',
    500: '#bbd9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9ea;
$custom-light: #d0e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86873,
    "c": 0.03968,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9EA

secondary

#C69B83

accent

#5D25C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9EA

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

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