#BBDBE7#BBDBE7

#BBDBE7 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.038 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDBE7
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -8.01, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 12.35, 229.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0278 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.038 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2450, 66.9956, 85.3431)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDBE7 #E7C7BB

analogous

#BBE7DD #BBDBE7 #BBC5E7

triadic

#BBDBE7 #E7BBDB #DBE7BB

tetradic

#BBDBE7 #DDBBE7 #E7C7BB #C5E7BB

square

#BBDBE7 #DDBBE7 #E7C7BB #C5E7BB

split-complementary

#BBDBE7 #E7BBC5 #E7DDBB

monochromatic

#61ABC7 #8EC3D7 #BBDBE7 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBDBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#BBDBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDBE7

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDBE7	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.038 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ee',
    500: '#bbdbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdbe7;
$custom-light: #d0e6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.03772,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDBE7

secondary

#C29584

accent

#522ABB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDBE7

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

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