#BBC9CA#BBC9CA

#BBC9CA is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.015 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9CA
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(184, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -4.56, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 5.04, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0143 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.015 202)
XYZ	xyz(52.0385, 56.6017, 64.0493)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9CA #CABCBB

analogous

#BBCAC4 #BBC9CA #BBC2CA

triadic

#BBC9CA #CABBC9 #C9CABB

tetradic

#BBC9CA #C4BBCA #CABCBB #C2CABB

square

#BBC9CA #C4BBCA #CABCBB #C2CABB

split-complementary

#BBC9CA #CABBC2 #CAC4BB

monochromatic

#769294 #99AEAF #BBC9CA #DDE4E5 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#BBC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9CA

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9CA	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.015 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9da',
    500: '#bbc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ca;
$custom-light: #cfd9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 12.397,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82547,
    "c": 0.01538,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.56602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9CA

secondary

#9E8D8B

accent

#544F97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9CA

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

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