#BBD9EC#BBD9EC

#BBD9EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.041 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9EC
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -5.90, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 13.92, 244.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0233 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.041 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4426, 66.2448, 88.9426)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9EC #ECCEBB

analogous

#BBECE6 #BBD9EC #BBC0EC

triadic

#BBD9EC #ECBBD9 #D9ECBB

tetradic

#BBD9EC #E6BBEC #ECCEBB #C0ECBB

square

#BBD9EC #E6BBEC #ECCEBB #C0ECBB

split-complementary

#BBD9EC #ECBBC0 #ECE6BB

monochromatic

#5BA4D1 #8BBEDF #BBD9EC #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBD9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#BBD9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9EC

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9EC	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.041 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f2',
    500: '#bbd9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9ec;
$custom-light: #d0e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86939,
    "c": 0.0414,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9EC

secondary

#C99E82

accent

#6122C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9EC

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

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