#B9C2CD#B9C2CD

#B9C2CD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.018 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C2CD
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(213, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(213, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -0.93, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 6.64, 261.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0053 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.018 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3164, 53.3051, 65.3838)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C2CD #CDC4B9

analogous

#B9CCCD #B9C2CD #BAB9CD

triadic

#B9C2CD #CDB9C2 #C2CDB9

tetradic

#B9C2CD #CDB9CC #CDC4B9 #B9CDBA

square

#B9C2CD #CDB9CC #CDC4B9 #B9CDBA

split-complementary

#B9C2CD #CDBAB9 #CCCDB9

monochromatic

#72849A #95A3B4 #B9C2CD #DDE1E7 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#B9C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C2CD

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C2CD	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.018 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced4dc',
    500: '#b9c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c2cd;
$custom-light: #ced4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81042,
    "c": 0.01841,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C2CD

secondary

#A19689

accent

#774B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C2CD

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

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