#BBDBE4#BBDBE4

#BBDBE4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.036 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDBE4
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(193, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -8.64, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 11.73, 222.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0289 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.036 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.8249, 66.8276, 83.1307)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDBE4 #E4C4BB

analogous

#BBE4D9 #BBDBE4 #BBC7E4

triadic

#BBDBE4 #E4BBDB #DBE4BB

tetradic

#BBDBE4 #D9BBE4 #E4C4BB #C7E4BB

square

#BBDBE4 #D9BBE4 #E4C4BB #C7E4BB

split-complementary

#BBDBE4 #E4BBC7 #E4D9BB

monochromatic

#63ADC1 #8FC4D3 #BBDBE4 #E7F2F5 #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBDBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#BBDBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDBE4

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDBE4	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.036 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ec',
    500: '#bbdbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdbe4;
$custom-light: #d0e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87096,
    "c": 0.03606,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDBE4

secondary

#BE9285

accent

#4D2FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDBE4

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

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