#BBDEE5#BBDEE5

#BBDEE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.038 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDEE5
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(190, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -9.97, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 12.33, 216.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0326 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.038 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7538, 68.4627, 84.1272)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDEE5 #E5C2BB

analogous

#BBE5D7 #BBDEE5 #BBC9E5

triadic

#BBDEE5 #E5BBDE #DEE5BB

tetradic

#BBDEE5 #D7BBE5 #E5C2BB #C9E5BB

square

#BBDEE5 #D7BBE5 #E5C2BB #C9E5BB

split-complementary

#BBDEE5 #E5BBC9 #E5D7BB

monochromatic

#62B3C3 #8FC9D4 #BBDEE5 #E7F3F6 #E9F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BBDEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#BBDEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDEE5

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDEE5	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.038 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8ed',
    500: '#bbdee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdee5;
$custom-light: #d0e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87754,
    "c": 0.03804,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDEE5

secondary

#BF8F85

accent

#452EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDEE5

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

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