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#BECCCC — Light Dusty Teal

#BECCCC 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 #BECCCC 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.

#BECCCC 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 #CBBDBD; it also sits naturally between #BDCBC4 and #BDC4CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECCCC · RGB 190, 204, 204

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Color values

HEX#BECCCC
RGB190, 204, 204
HSL180°, 12%, 77%
HSV180°, 7%, 80%
CMYK7%, 0%, 0%, 20%
XYZ53.73, 58.49, 65.59
Yxy58.49, 0.3022, 0.3290
CIE-Lab81.01, -4.74, -1.64
Hunter Lab76.48, -4.43, -1.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 80%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BECCCC

.text { color: #BECCCC; }
.background { background-color: #BECCCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECCCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 204, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 12%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECCCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 204, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECCCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 204, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BECCCC

#A9BCBC#92AAAA#7E9A9A#6C8989#5C7575#4A5E5E#3A4A4A#2B3636#191F1F#090B0B

Tints of #BECCCC

#C3D0D0#C9D4D4#CED9D9#D4DDDD#DAE2E2#DDE4E4#E2E9E9#E8EDED#EEF2F2#F4F6F6

Tones of #BECCCC

#BECACA#BFCACA#C0C8C8#C1C7C7#C3C6C6#C3C6C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBBDBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECCCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECCCC

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 #BECCCC: ·

How #BECCCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C4CCDeuteranopia · #C3C2CCTritanopia · #BFCCCC

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 #BECCCC rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff7f1
#FFF7F1 · #FFE4C9 · #E78895 · #BED1CF
Palette Eaefef
#EAEFEF · #BFC9D1 · #25343F · #FF9B51
Palette 333446
#333446 · #7F8CAA · #B8CFCE · #EAEFEF
Palette 87b6bc
#87B6BC · #BED4CB · #F6F09F · #B35656
Palette B4b4b8
#B4B4B8 · #C7C8CC · #E3E1D9 · #F2EFE5
Palette 343434
#343434 · #055E68 · #62A388 · #B9D2D2

Similar colors

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

#BED1CF#BFC9D1#B8CFCE#BED4CB#C7C8CC#B9D2D2#BFC6C4#BDCDD6#C5C6C7#B7C4CF#C9CDCF#BAD1C2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECCCB  ·  #BECCCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECCCC?

#BECCCC is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 190, 204, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECCCC?

#BECCCC is RGB 190, 204, 204 — HSL 180°, 12%, 77% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #BECCCC?

Its complement is #CBBDBD; analogous partners are #BDCBC4 and #BDC4CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECCCC for text?

Black text on #BECCCC has a contrast ratio of 12.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.