#BBDCEC#BBDCEC

#BBDCEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.041 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDCEC
RGB	rgb(187, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(200, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -7.45, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 13.65, 236.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0273 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.041 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2229, 67.8054, 89.2027)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDCEC #ECCBBB

analogous

#BBECE3 #BBDCEC #BBC3EC

triadic

#BBDCEC #ECBBDC #DCECBB

tetradic

#BBDCEC #E3BBEC #ECCBBB #C3ECBB

square

#BBDCEC #E3BBEC #ECCBBB #C3ECBB

split-complementary

#BBDCEC #ECBBC3 #ECE3BB

monochromatic

#5BABD1 #8BC3DF #BBDCEC #E7F3F8 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BBDCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#BBDCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDCEC

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDCEC	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.041 228.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87561,
    "c": 0.04132,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDCEC

secondary

#C99982

accent

#5722C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDCEC

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

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