#BBD9EB#BBD9EB

#BBD9EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.041 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9EB
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -6.11, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 13.58, 243.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0237 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.041 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2977, 66.1869, 88.1796)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9EB #EBCDBB

analogous

#BBEBE5 #BBD9EB #BBC1EB

triadic

#BBD9EB #EBBBD9 #D9EBBB

tetradic

#BBD9EB #E5BBEB #EBCDBB #C1EBBB

square

#BBD9EB #E5BBEB #EBCDBB #C1EBBB

split-complementary

#BBD9EB #EBBBC1 #EBE5BB

monochromatic

#5CA4CF #8CBFDD #BBD9EB #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBD9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#BBD9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9EB

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9EB	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.041 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f1',
    500: '#bbd9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9eb;
$custom-light: #d0e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86906,
    "c": 0.04052,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9EB

secondary

#C79D83

accent

#5F23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9EB

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

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