#BBDDE9#BBDDE9

#BBDDE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.039 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDDE9
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -8.61, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 12.89, 228.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0297 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.039 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0539, 68.1590, 87.0142)
Luminance	0.6816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDDE9 #E9C7BB

analogous

#BBE9DE #BBDDE9 #BBC6E9

triadic

#BBDDE9 #E9BBDD #DDE9BB

tetradic

#BBDDE9 #DEBBE9 #E9C7BB #C6E9BB

square

#BBDDE9 #DEBBE9 #E9C7BB #C6E9BB

split-complementary

#BBDDE9 #E9BBC6 #E9DEBB

monochromatic

#5FAFCB #8DC6DA #BBDDE9 #E8F3F8 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BBDDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#BBDDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDDE9

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDDE9	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.039 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e7f0',
    500: '#bbdde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdde9;
$custom-light: #d0e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87672,
    "c": 0.03948,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDDE9

secondary

#C59584

accent

#4F27BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDDE9

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

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