#BBDEE9#BBDEE9

#BBDEE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.040 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDEE9
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(194, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -9.12, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 12.95, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.031 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.04 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3187, 68.6886, 87.1025)
Luminance	0.6869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDEE9 #E9C6BB

analogous

#BBE9DD #BBDEE9 #BBC7E9

triadic

#BBDEE9 #E9BBDE #DEE9BB

tetradic

#BBDEE9 #DDBBE9 #E9C6BB #C7E9BB

square

#BBDEE9 #DDBBE9 #E9C6BB #C7E9BB

split-complementary

#BBDEE9 #E9BBC7 #E9DDBB

monochromatic

#5FB1CB #8DC8DA #BBDEE9 #E8F4F8 #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBDEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#BBDEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDEE9

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDEE9	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.040 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8f0',
    500: '#bbdee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdee9;
$custom-light: #d0e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8788,
    "c": 0.03982,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDEE9

secondary

#C59384

accent

#4B27BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDEE9

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

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