#BBE5EE#BBE5EE

#BBE5EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.045 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE5EE
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(191, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -11.63, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 14.63, 217.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0383 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.045 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9410, 72.7742, 91.5502)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE5EE #EEC4BB

analogous

#BBEEDD #BBE5EE #BBCBEE

triadic

#BBE5EE #EEBBE5 #E5EEBB

tetradic

#BBE5EE #DDBBEE #EEC4BB #CBEEBB

square

#BBE5EE #DDBBEE #EEC4BB #CBEEBB

split-complementary

#BBE5EE #EEBBCB #EEDDBB

monochromatic

#59C0D6 #8AD2E2 #BBE5EE #E7F6F9 #E7F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#BBE5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#BBE5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE5EE

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE5EE	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.045 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0edf3',
    500: '#bbe5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe5ee;
$custom-light: #d0edf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89502,
    "c": 0.04528,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE5EE

secondary

#CC8F81

accent

#3C1EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE5EE

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

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