#BBDBE5#BBDBE5

#BBDBE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.037 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDBE5
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(194, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -8.43, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 11.92, 224.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0286 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.037 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9641, 66.8833, 83.8640)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDBE5 #E5C5BB

analogous

#BBE5DA #BBDBE5 #BBC6E5

triadic

#BBDBE5 #E5BBDB #DBE5BB

tetradic

#BBDBE5 #DABBE5 #E5C5BB #C6E5BB

square

#BBDBE5 #DABBE5 #E5C5BB #C6E5BB

split-complementary

#BBDBE5 #E5BBC6 #E5DABB

monochromatic

#62ACC3 #8FC4D4 #BBDBE5 #E7F2F6 #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBDBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#BBDBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDBE5

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDBE5	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.037 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ed',
    500: '#bbdbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdbe5;
$custom-light: #d0e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87127,
    "c": 0.03657,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDBE5

secondary

#BF9385

accent

#4F2EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDBE5

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

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