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#00BBCE — Vivid Teal

#00BBCE is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkTurquoise (#00CED1). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkturquoise (#00CED1) — not an exact match. CSS darkturquoise gives you #00CED1, a different color; use #00BBCE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#00BBCE is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CC1400; it also sits naturally between #00CC7A and #0052CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#00BBCE · RGB 0, 187, 206

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Color values

HEX#00BBCE
RGB0, 187, 206
HSL186°, 100%, 40%
HSV186°, 100%, 81%
CMYK100%, 9%, 0%, 19%
XYZ28.91, 40.00, 64.59
Yxy40.00, 0.2166, 0.2996
CIE-Lab69.47, -32.13, -20.69
Hunter Lab63.24, -26.11, -20.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 73% · Blue 81%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 0% · Key 19%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #00BBCE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #00BBCE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #00BBCE

.text { color: #00BBCE; }
.background { background-color: #00BBCE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00BBCE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 187, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(186, 100%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00BBCE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 187, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00BBCE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 187, 206, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00BBCE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00BBCE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #00BBCE

#00A5B8#0097A8#008594#007785#006570#00535C#00454D#003238#002529#001214

Tints of #00BBCE

#00D3EB#05E6FF#24E9FF#3DECFF#5CEFFF#7AF2FF#94F4FF#B3F7FF#CCFAFF#EBFDFF

Tones of #00BBCE

#0EACBE#1EA0AE#2C95A0#3A8992#487E84#587174

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CC1400:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.33:1 Fails
Against black text9.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #00BBCE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00BBCE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #00BBCE: ·

How #00BBCE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #5153C9Deuteranopia · #4638C8Tritanopia · #09C6C5

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Cyan 500 · #00BCD4Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4Tailwind sky 500 · #0EA5E9

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00BBCE rather than the exact color:

Palette Df301c
#DF301C · #FF9100 · #FFF1D1 · #00B7CD
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Ocean Cold
#03045E · #0077B6 · #00B4D8 · #CAF0F8
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #F8DE22 · #F45B26 · #D12052
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD
Palette 1b3c68
#1B3C68 · #0074E4 · #00B8C0 · #E9FFB2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#00B7CD#00BCD4#00B4D8#03AED2#00B8C0#05BFDB#12BFD2#00A8CC#0AC4E0#00CCDD#16C3CE#10B4BE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00BBCD  ·  #00BBCF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00BBCE?

#00BBCE is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 187, 206). Its closest standard named color is DarkTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00BBCE?

#00BBCE is RGB 0, 187, 206 — HSL 186°, 100%, 40% — CMYK 100%, 9%, 0%, 19%.

What colors go with #00BBCE?

Its complement is #CC1400; analogous partners are #00CC7A and #0052CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00BBCE for text?

Black text on #00BBCE has a contrast ratio of 9.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.