#BBE9FF#BBE9FF

#BBE9FF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.056 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE9FF
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(199, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -9.93, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 18.38, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0372 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.056 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.6770, 76.0598, 105.7035)
Luminance	0.7606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE9FF #FFD1BB

analogous

#BBFFF3 #BBE9FF #BBC7FF

triadic

#BBE9FF #FFBBE9 #E9FFBB

tetradic

#BBE9FF #F3BBFF #FFD1BB #C7FFBB

square

#BBE9FF #F3BBFF #FFD1BB #C7FFBB

split-complementary

#BBE9FF #FFBBC7 #FFF3BB

monochromatic

#41C1FF #7ED5FF #BBE9FF #E0F5FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#BBE9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#BBE9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE9FF

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE9FF	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6EFF0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.056 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0f0ff',
    500: '#bbe9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe9ff;
$custom-light: #d0f0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9089,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE9FF

secondary

#E79B77

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#141618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE9FF

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

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