#BBDBEC#BBDBEC

#BBDBEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.041 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDBEC
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(201, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -6.93, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 13.71, 239.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0259 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.041 231)
XYZ	xyz(60.9612, 67.2821, 89.1155)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDBEC #ECCCBB

analogous

#BBECE4 #BBDBEC #BBC2EC

triadic

#BBDBEC #ECBBDB #DBECBB

tetradic

#BBDBEC #E4BBEC #ECCCBB #C2ECBB

square

#BBDBEC #E4BBEC #ECCCBB #C2ECBB

split-complementary

#BBDBEC #ECBBC2 #ECE4BB

monochromatic

#5BA8D1 #8BC2DF #BBDBEC #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBDBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#BBDBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDBEC

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDBEC	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.041 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f2',
    500: '#bbdbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdbec;
$custom-light: #d0e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87353,
    "c": 0.04128,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.67284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDBEC

secondary

#C99B82

accent

#5A22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDBEC

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

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