#BBDCE8#BBDCE8

#BBDCE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.039 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDCE8
RGB	rgb(187, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -8.31, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 12.62, 228.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0288 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.039 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6483, 67.5756, 86.1763)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDCE8 #E8C7BB

analogous

#BBE8DE #BBDCE8 #BBC6E8

triadic

#BBDCE8 #E8BBDC #DCE8BB

tetradic

#BBDCE8 #DEBBE8 #E8C7BB #C6E8BB

square

#BBDCE8 #DEBBE8 #E8C7BB #C6E8BB

split-complementary

#BBDCE8 #E8BBC6 #E8DEBB

monochromatic

#60ADC9 #8DC4D9 #BBDCE8 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBDCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#BBDCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDCE8

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDCE8	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.039 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ef',
    500: '#bbdce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdce8;
$custom-light: #d0e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87431,
    "c": 0.0386,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDCE8

secondary

#C39584

accent

#5029BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDCE8

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

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