#BBC9C8#BBC9C8

#BBC9C8 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.015 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9C8
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(176, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -4.95, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 5.08, 192.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.015 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.015 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8033, 56.5076, 62.8102)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9C8 #C9BBBC

analogous

#BBC9C1 #BBC9C8 #BBC3C9

triadic

#BBC9C8 #C8BBC9 #C9C8BB

tetradic

#BBC9C8 #C1BBC9 #C9BBBC #C3C9BB

square

#BBC9C8 #C1BBC9 #C9BBBC #C3C9BB

split-complementary

#BBC9C8 #C9BBC3 #C9C1BB

monochromatic

#779391 #99AEAC #BBC9C8 #DDE4E4 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#BBC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9C8

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9C8	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.015 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9d8',
    500: '#bbc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9c8;
$custom-light: #cfd9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.01537,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9C8

secondary

#9D8C8D

accent

#505596

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9C8

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

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