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#00BBCF — Vivid Teal

#00BBCF 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 #00BBCF 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.

#00BBCF 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 #D11500; it also sits naturally between #00D17D and #0054D1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#00BBCF · RGB 0, 187, 207

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Color values

HEX#00BBCF
RGB0, 187, 207
HSL186°, 100%, 41%
HSV186°, 100%, 81%
CMYK100%, 10%, 0%, 19%
XYZ29.03, 40.05, 65.23
Yxy40.05, 0.2162, 0.2982
CIE-Lab69.50, -31.81, -21.18
Hunter Lab63.28, -25.87, -21.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 73% · Blue 81%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 0% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #00BBCF

.text { color: #00BBCF; }
.background { background-color: #00BBCF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00BBCF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 187, 207); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(186, 100%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00BBCF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 187, 207, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00BBCF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 187, 207, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #00BBCF

#00AABD#009CAD#008A99#007785#006A75#005761#00454D#003238#002529#001214

Tints of #00BBCF

#00D8F0#0AE7FF#29EAFF#42ECFF#61EFFF#7AF2FF#99F5FF#B3F7FF#D1FAFF#EBFDFF

Tones of #00BBCF

#0FB0C2#1EA4B3#2D98A4#3C8D96#4A8187#5A7477

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D11500:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.33:1 Fails
Against black text9.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #00BBCF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00BBCF

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 #00BBCF: ·

How #00BBCF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5153CADeuteranopia · #4638C9Tritanopia · #09C6C6

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 #00BBCF rather than the exact color:

Palette Df301c
#DF301C · #FF9100 · #FFF1D1 · #00B7CD
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Ocean Cold
#03045E · #0077B6 · #00B4D8 · #CAF0F8
Palette 0a4d68
#0A4D68 · #088395 · #05BFDB · #00FFCA
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #F8DE22 · #F45B26 · #D12052
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00BBCE  ·  #00BBD0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00BBCF?

#00BBCF is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 187, 207). Its closest standard named color is DarkTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00BBCF?

#00BBCF is RGB 0, 187, 207 — HSL 186°, 100%, 41% — CMYK 100%, 10%, 0%, 19%.

What colors go with #00BBCF?

Its complement is #D11500; analogous partners are #00D17D and #0054D1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00BBCF for text?

Black text on #00BBCF has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.