#BBDDE5#BBDDE5

#BBDDE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.037 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDDE5
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(191, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -9.46, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 12.16, 218.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0312 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.037 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4890, 67.9330, 84.0389)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDDE5 #E5C3BB

analogous

#BBE5D8 #BBDDE5 #BBC8E5

triadic

#BBDDE5 #E5BBDD #DDE5BB

tetradic

#BBDDE5 #D8BBE5 #E5C3BB #C8E5BB

square

#BBDDE5 #D8BBE5 #E5C3BB #C8E5BB

split-complementary

#BBDDE5 #E5BBC8 #E5D8BB

monochromatic

#62B1C3 #8FC7D4 #BBDDE5 #E7F3F6 #E9F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BBDDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#BBDDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDDE5

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDDE5	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.037 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e7ed',
    500: '#bbdde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdde5;
$custom-light: #d0e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87545,
    "c": 0.03748,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDDE5

secondary

#BF9085

accent

#482EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDDE5

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

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