#BBDAE5#BBDAE5

#BBDAE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.036 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDAE5
RGB	rgb(187, 218, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -7.91, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 11.85, 228.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0272 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.036 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7040, 66.3631, 83.7773)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDAE5 #E5C6BB

analogous

#BBE5DB #BBDAE5 #BBC5E5

triadic

#BBDAE5 #E5BBDA #DAE5BB

tetradic

#BBDAE5 #DBBBE5 #E5C6BB #C5E5BB

square

#BBDAE5 #DBBBE5 #E5C6BB #C5E5BB

split-complementary

#BBDAE5 #E5BBC5 #E5DBBB

monochromatic

#62AAC3 #8FC2D4 #BBDAE5 #E7F2F6 #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBDAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#BBDAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDAE5

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDAE5	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 218, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.036 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e5ed',
    500: '#bbdae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdae5;
$custom-light: #d0e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86919,
    "c": 0.03623,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDAE5

secondary

#BF9485

accent

#522EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDAE5

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

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