#BBCEC9#BBCEC9

#BBCEC9 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.022 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCEC9
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 201)
HSL	hsl(164, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(164, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -7.36, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 7.37, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0217 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.022 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1051, 58.9237, 63.8226)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCEC9 #CEBBC0

analogous

#BBCEC0 #BBCEC9 #BBCACE

triadic

#BBCEC9 #C9BBCE #CEC9BB

tetradic

#BBCEC9 #C0BBCE #CEBBC0 #CACEBB

square

#BBCEC9 #C0BBCE #CEBBC0 #CACEBB

split-complementary

#BBCEC9 #CEBBCA #CEC0BB

monochromatic

#749B91 #97B4AD #BBCEC9 #DFE8E5 #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBCEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBCEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCEC9

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCEC9	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.022 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfddd9',
    500: '#bbcec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcec9;
$custom-light: #cfddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8356,
    "c": 0.02169,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCEC9

secondary

#A28B91

accent

#4B609A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCEC9

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

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