#BBD9CD#BBD9CD

#BBD9CD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.036 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9CD
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(156, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(156, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -12.25, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 12.52, 168.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0353 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.036 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3231, 64.5971, 67.2468)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9CD #D9BBC7

analogous

#BBD9BE #BBD9CD #BBD6D9

triadic

#BBD9CD #CDBBD9 #D9CDBB

tetradic

#BBD9CD #BEBBD9 #D9BBC7 #D6D9BB

square

#BBD9CD #BEBBD9 #D9BBC7 #D6D9BB

split-complementary

#BBD9CD #D9BBD6 #D9BEBB

monochromatic

#6CAD93 #94C3B0 #BBD9CD #E2EFEA #EBF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#BBD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9CD

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9CD	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.036 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4dc',
    500: '#bbd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9cd;
$custom-light: #cfe4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8599,
    "c": 0.03589,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9CD

secondary

#B08998

accent

#3F68A7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9CD

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

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