#BBCBC9#BBCBC9

#BBCBC9 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.018 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBC9
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(173, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(173, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -5.80, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 5.87, 188.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0175 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.018 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.3898, 57.4930, 63.5841)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBC9 #CBBBBD

analogous

#BBCBC1 #BBCBC9 #BBC5CB

triadic

#BBCBC9 #C9BBCB #CBC9BB

tetradic

#BBCBC9 #C1BBCB #CBBBBD #C5CBBB

square

#BBCBC9 #C1BBCB #CBBBBD #C5CBBB

split-complementary

#BBCBC9 #CBBBC5 #CBC1BB

monochromatic

#769692 #98B0AD #BBCBC9 #DEE6E5 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBCBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BBCBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBC9

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBC9	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.018 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdad9',
    500: '#bbcbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbc9;
$custom-light: #cfdad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82933,
    "c": 0.01763,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBC9

secondary

#9F8B8E

accent

#4E5797

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBC9

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

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