#BBCDCB#BBCDCB

#BBCDCB is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.020 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCDCB
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(173, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -6.46, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 6.55, 189.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0195 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.02 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1019, 58.5384, 64.9897)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCDCB #CDBBBD

analogous

#BBCDC2 #BBCDCB #BBC6CD

triadic

#BBCDCB #CBBBCD #CDCBBB

tetradic

#BBCDCB #C2BBCD #CDBBBD #C6CDBB

square

#BBCDCB #C2BBCD #CDBBBD #C6CDBB

split-complementary

#BBCDCB #CDBBC6 #CDC2BB

monochromatic

#749995 #98B3B0 #BBCDCB #DEE7E6 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBCDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#BBCDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCDCB

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCDCB	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.020 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcda',
    500: '#bbcdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcdcb;
$custom-light: #cfdcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8341,
    "c": 0.01972,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCDCB

secondary

#A18B8D

accent

#4C5599

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCDCB

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

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