#BBDCE5#BBDCE5

#BBDCE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.037 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDCE5
RGB	rgb(187, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(193, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -8.94, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 12.02, 221.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0299 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.037 216)
XYZ	xyz(60.2258, 67.4066, 83.9512)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDCE5 #E5C4BB

analogous

#BBE5D9 #BBDCE5 #BBC7E5

triadic

#BBDCE5 #E5BBDC #DCE5BB

tetradic

#BBDCE5 #D9BBE5 #E5C4BB #C7E5BB

square

#BBDCE5 #D9BBE5 #E5C4BB #C7E5BB

split-complementary

#BBDCE5 #E5BBC7 #E5D9BB

monochromatic

#62AEC3 #8FC5D4 #BBDCE5 #E7F3F6 #E9F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBDCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#BBDCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDCE5

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDCE5	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.037 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ed',
    500: '#bbdce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdce5;
$custom-light: #d0e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87336,
    "c": 0.03699,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.67408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDCE5

secondary

#BF9185

accent

#4B2EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDCE5

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

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