#BBDDE7#BBDDE7

#BBDDE7 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.038 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDDE7
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(194, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -9.04, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 12.49, 223.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0305 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.038 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7699, 68.0454, 85.5181)
Luminance	0.6805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDDE7 #E7C5BB

analogous

#BBE7DB #BBDDE7 #BBC7E7

triadic

#BBDDE7 #E7BBDD #DDE7BB

tetradic

#BBDDE7 #DBBBE7 #E7C5BB #C7E7BB

square

#BBDDE7 #DBBBE7 #E7C5BB #C7E7BB

split-complementary

#BBDDE7 #E7BBC7 #E7DBBB

monochromatic

#61B0C7 #8EC6D7 #BBDDE7 #E8F4F7 #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BBDDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#BBDDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDDE7

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDDE7	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.038 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e7ee',
    500: '#bbdde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdde7;
$custom-light: #d0e7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87608,
    "c": 0.0384,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDDE7

secondary

#C29284

accent

#4B2ABB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDDE7

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

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