#BBD9CB#BBD9CB

#BBD9CB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.037 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9CB
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 203)
HSL	hsl(152, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(152, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -12.63, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 13.13, 164.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0361 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.037 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0833, 64.5011, 65.9835)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9CB #D9BBC9

analogous

#BBD9BC #BBD9CB #BBD8D9

triadic

#BBD9CB #CBBBD9 #D9CBBB

tetradic

#BBD9CB #BCBBD9 #D9BBC9 #D8D9BB

square

#BBD9CB #BCBBD9 #D9BBC9 #D8D9BB

split-complementary

#BBD9CB #D9BBD8 #D9BCBB

monochromatic

#6CAD8F #94C3AD #BBD9CB #E2EFE9 #EBF4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBD9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#BBD9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9CB

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9CB	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.037 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4da',
    500: '#bbd9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9cb;
$custom-light: #cfe4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85934,
    "c": 0.03723,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9CB

secondary

#B0899B

accent

#3F6FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9CB

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

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