#BBDAE9#BBDAE9

#BBDAE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.039 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDAE9
RGB	rgb(187, 218, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(200, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -7.06, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 12.87, 236.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0257 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.039 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2689, 66.5890, 86.7525)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDAE9 #E9CABB

analogous

#BBE9E1 #BBDAE9 #BBC3E9

triadic

#BBDAE9 #E9BBDA #DAE9BB

tetradic

#BBDAE9 #E1BBE9 #E9CABB #C3E9BB

square

#BBDAE9 #E1BBE9 #E9CABB #C3E9BB

split-complementary

#BBDAE9 #E9BBC3 #E9E1BB

monochromatic

#5FA8CB #8DC1DA #BBDAE9 #E8F2F8 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBDAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#BBDAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDAE9

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDAE9	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 218, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.039 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e5f0',
    500: '#bbdae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdae9;
$custom-light: #d0e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87048,
    "c": 0.03891,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDAE9

secondary

#C59984

accent

#5827BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDAE9

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

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