Palettes / Colors / #BCCECC

#BCCECC — Light Dusty Teal

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

#BCCECC 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 #CEBBBD; it also sits naturally between #BBCEC2 and #BBC7CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 81% · Blue 80%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 19%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCCECC

.text { color: #BCCECC; }
.background { background-color: #BCCECC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCCECC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 206, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(173, 16%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCCECC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 206, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCCECC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 206, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCCECC

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEBBBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCCECC: #000000.

How #BCCECC looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCCECB  ·  #BCCECD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCCECC?

#BCCECC is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 188, 206, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCCECC?

#BCCECC is RGB 188, 206, 204 — HSL 173°, 16%, 77% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 1%, 19%.

What colors go with #BCCECC?

Its complement is #CEBBBD; analogous partners are #BBCEC2 and #BBC7CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCCECC for text?

Black text on #BCCECC has a contrast ratio of 12.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.64:1.