#B5CDAD#B5CDAD

#B5CDAD is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.051 H 137.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDAD
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(105, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(105, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -14.00, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 19.28, 136.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0378 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.051 137.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4287, 56.5029, 47.8818)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDAD #C5ADCD

analogous

#C5CDAD #B5CDAD #ADCDB5

triadic

#B5CDAD #ADB5CD #CDADB5

tetradic

#B5CDAD #ADC5CD #C5ADCD #CDB5AD

square

#B5CDAD #ADC5CD #C5ADCD #CDB5AD

split-complementary

#B5CDAD #B5ADCD #CDADC5

monochromatic

#709F61 #93B687 #B5CDAD #D7E4D3 #EEF3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B5CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#B5CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDAD

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDAD	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.051 137.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcc5',
    500: '#b5cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdad;
$custom-light: #cbdcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82164,
    "c": 0.05103,
    "h": 137.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDAD

secondary

#997CA2

accent

#43A38B

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FCF9

border

#D2D5D2

text

#131512

muted

#828482

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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