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#BBCCCF — Light Dusty Teal

#BBCCCF is a teal color we call Light Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BBCCCF 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.

#BBCCCF is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CEBDBA; it also sits naturally between #BACEC7 and #BAC1CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBCCCF · RGB 187, 204, 207

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Color values

HEX#BBCCCF
RGB187, 204, 207
HSL189°, 17%, 77%
HSV189°, 10%, 81%
CMYK10%, 1%, 0%, 19%
XYZ53.35, 58.26, 67.46
Yxy58.26, 0.2979, 0.3253
CIE-Lab80.88, -5.14, -3.47
Hunter Lab76.33, -4.80, -3.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 80% · Blue 81%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BBCCCF

.text { color: #BBCCCF; }
.background { background-color: #BBCCCF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBCCCF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 204, 207); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(189, 17%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBCCCF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 204, 207, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBCCCF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 204, 207, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BBCCCF

#A5BCC0#8EAAAF#799AA0#66898F#57757A#465E62#374A4E#283639#171F21#080B0C

Tints of #BBCCCF

#C0D0D3#C6D4D7#CCD9DB#D2DDDF#D8E2E3#DBE4E6#E1E9EA#E7EDEE#EDF2F2#F3F6F7

Tones of #BBCCCF

#BCCBCD#BDC9CB#BEC8CA#C0C7C8#C1C6C7#C3C5C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEBDBA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBCCCF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBCCCF

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 #BBCCCF: ·

How #BBCCCF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C2C3CEDeuteranopia · #C1C0CETritanopia · #BCCECE

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 333446
#333446 · #7F8CAA · #B8CFCE · #EAEFEF
Palette Eaefef
#EAEFEF · #BFC9D1 · #25343F · #FF9B51
Palette Fff7f1
#FFF7F1 · #FFE4C9 · #E78895 · #BED1CF
Palette 343434
#343434 · #055E68 · #62A388 · #B9D2D2
Palette 6096b4
#6096B4 · #93BFCF · #BDCDD6 · #EEE9DA
Palette B7c4cf
#B7C4CF · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76

Similar colors

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

#B8CFCE#BFC9D1#BED1CF#B9D2D2#BDCDD6#B7C4CF#B3C8CF#BED4CB#BACDDB#B4D6CD#B7CADB#C7C8CC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBCCCE  ·  #BBCCD0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBCCCF?

#BBCCCF is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 187, 204, 207). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBCCCF?

#BBCCCF is RGB 187, 204, 207 — HSL 189°, 17%, 77% — CMYK 10%, 1%, 0%, 19%.

What colors go with #BBCCCF?

Its complement is #CEBDBA; analogous partners are #BACEC7 and #BAC1CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBCCCF for text?

Black text on #BBCCCF has a contrast ratio of 12.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.