#BBCDC9#BBCDC9

#BBCDC9 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.020 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDC9
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(167, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(167, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -6.84, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 6.84, 180.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0203 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.02 181)
XYZ	xyz(52.8651, 58.4437, 63.7426)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDC9 #CDBBBF

analogous

#BBCDC0 #BBCDC9 #BBC8CD

triadic

#BBCDC9 #C9BBCD #CDC9BB

tetradic

#BBCDC9 #C0BBCD #CDBBBF #C8CDBB

square

#BBCDC9 #C0BBCD #CDBBBF #C8CDBB

split-complementary

#BBCDC9 #CDBBC8 #CDC0BB

monochromatic

#749991 #98B3AD #BBCDC9 #DEE7E5 #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBCDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#BBCDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDC9

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDC9	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.020 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcd9',
    500: '#bbcdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdc9;
$custom-light: #cfdcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.02028,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.58444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDC9

secondary

#A18B90

accent

#4C5D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDC9

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

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