#BBC8C8#BBC8C8

#BBC8C8 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.014 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8C8
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -4.42, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 4.68, 199.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0136 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.014 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5709, 56.0429, 62.7328)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8C8 #C8BBBB

analogous

#BBC8C1 #BBC8C8 #BBC1C8

triadic

#BBC8C8 #C8BBC8 #C8C8BB

tetradic

#BBC8C8 #C1BBC8 #C8BBBB #C1C8BB

square

#BBC8C8 #C1BBC8 #C8BBBB #C1C8BB

split-complementary

#BBC8C8 #C8BBC1 #C8C1BB

monochromatic

#779191 #99ADAD #BBC8C8 #DDE3E3 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BBC8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8C8

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8C8	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.014 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8d8',
    500: '#bbc8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8c8;
$custom-light: #cfd8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82279,
    "c": 0.01424,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8C8

secondary

#9C8C8C

accent

#515195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8C8

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

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