#BBDFDB#BBDFDB

#BBDFDB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.038 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDFDB
RGB	rgb(187, 223, 219)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(173, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -12.54, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 12.70, 188.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0378 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.038 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6640, 68.4529, 77.0733)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDFDB #DFBBBF

analogous

#BBDFC9 #BBDFDB #BBD1DF

triadic

#BBDFDB #DBBBDF #DFDBBB

tetradic

#BBDFDB #C9BBDF #DFBBBF #D1DFBB

square

#BBDFDB #C9BBDF #DFBBBF #D1DFBB

split-complementary

#BBDFDB #DFBBD1 #DFC9BB

monochromatic

#68B8AF #91CBC5 #BBDFDB #E5F3F1 #EAF5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BBDFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#BBDFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDFDB

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDFDB	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 223, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.038 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e9e6',
    500: '#bbdfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdfdb;
$custom-light: #d0e9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87661,
    "c": 0.03818,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDFDB

secondary

#B7878C

accent

#3744AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141615

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDFDB

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

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