#B9C8BB#B9C8BB

#B9C8BB is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.024 H 149.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C8BB
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(128, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(128, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -7.55, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 8.92, 147.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0209 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.024 149.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6298, 55.2102, 55.0460)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C8BB #C8B9C6

analogous

#BEC8B9 #B9C8BB #B9C8C2

triadic

#B9C8BB #BBB9C8 #C8BBB9

tetradic

#B9C8BB #B9BEC8 #C8B9C6 #C8C2B9

square

#B9C8BB #B9BEC8 #C8B9C6 #C8C2B9

split-complementary

#B9C8BB #C2B9C8 #C8B9BE

monochromatic

#749278 #97AD9A #B9C8BB #DBE3DC #EEF2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#B9C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C8BB

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C8BB	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.024 149.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8cf',
    500: '#b9c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c8bb;
$custom-light: #ced8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81758,
    "c": 0.0243,
    "h": 149.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C8BB

secondary

#9C8999

accent

#4F8D96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C8BB

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

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