#BBDBEB#BBDBEB

#BBDBEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.040 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDBEB
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(200, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -7.15, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 13.41, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0263 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.04 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8163, 67.2241, 88.3524)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDBEB #EBCBBB

analogous

#BBEBE3 #BBDBEB #BBC3EB

triadic

#BBDBEB #EBBBDB #DBEBBB

tetradic

#BBDBEB #E3BBEB #EBCBBB #C3EBBB

square

#BBDBEB #E3BBEB #EBCBBB #C3EBBB

split-complementary

#BBDBEB #EBBBC3 #EBE3BB

monochromatic

#5CA9CF #8CC2DD #BBDBEB #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBDBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#BBDBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDBEB

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDBEB	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.040 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f1',
    500: '#bbdbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdbeb;
$custom-light: #d0e6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8732,
    "c": 0.04049,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDBEB

secondary

#C79A83

accent

#5823C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDBEB

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

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