#B9C8BE#B9C8BE

#B9C8BE is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.021 H 156.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C8BE
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(140, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(140, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -7.00, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 7.71, 155.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0197 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.021 156.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9543, 55.3400, 56.7551)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C8BE #C8B9C3

analogous

#BBC8B9 #B9C8BE #B9C8C5

triadic

#B9C8BE #BEB9C8 #C8BEB9

tetradic

#B9C8BE #B9BBC8 #C8B9C3 #C8C5B9

square

#B9C8BE #B9BBC8 #C8B9C3 #C8C5B9

split-complementary

#B9C8BE #C5B9C8 #C8B9BB

monochromatic

#74927E #97AD9E #B9C8BE #DBE3DE #EEF2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#B9C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C8BE

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C8BE	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.021 156.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8d1',
    500: '#b9c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c8be;
$custom-light: #ced8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81841,
    "c": 0.02143,
    "h": 156.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C8BE

secondary

#9C8996

accent

#4F7F96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C8BE

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

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