#BBDCE9#BBDCE9

#BBDCE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.039 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDCE9
RGB	rgb(187, 220, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(197, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -8.10, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 12.85, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0284 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.039 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7907, 67.6326, 86.9265)
Luminance	0.6763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDCE9 #E9C8BB

analogous

#BBE9DF #BBDCE9 #BBC5E9

triadic

#BBDCE9 #E9BBDC #DCE9BB

tetradic

#BBDCE9 #DFBBE9 #E9C8BB #C5E9BB

square

#BBDCE9 #DFBBE9 #E9C8BB #C5E9BB

split-complementary

#BBDCE9 #E9BBC5 #E9DFBB

monochromatic

#5FACCB #8DC4DA #BBDCE9 #E8F3F8 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBDCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#BBDCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDCE9

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDCE9	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 220, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.039 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f0',
    500: '#bbdce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdce9;
$custom-light: #d0e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87463,
    "c": 0.03922,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDCE9

secondary

#C59684

accent

#5227BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDCE9

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

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