#BBDBE9#BBDBE9

#BBDBE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.039 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDBE9
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(198, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -7.58, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 12.85, 233.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0271 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.039 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5290, 67.1092, 86.8392)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDBE9 #E9C9BB

analogous

#BBE9E0 #BBDBE9 #BBC4E9

triadic

#BBDBE9 #E9BBDB #DBE9BB

tetradic

#BBDBE9 #E0BBE9 #E9C9BB #C4E9BB

square

#BBDBE9 #E0BBE9 #E9C9BB #C4E9BB

split-complementary

#BBDBE9 #E9BBC4 #E9E0BB

monochromatic

#5FAACB #8DC3DA #BBDBE9 #E8F3F8 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBDBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#BBDBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDBE9

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDBE9	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.039 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f0',
    500: '#bbdbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdbe9;
$custom-light: #d0e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87255,
    "c": 0.03903,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDBE9

secondary

#C59784

accent

#5527BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDBE9

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

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