#B9C8BF#B9C8BF

#B9C8BF is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.021 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C8BF
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(144, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(144, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -6.81, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 7.34, 158.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0193 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.021 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0639, 55.3839, 57.3327)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C8BF #C8B9C2

analogous

#BAC8B9 #B9C8BF #B9C8C6

triadic

#B9C8BF #BFB9C8 #C8BFB9

tetradic

#B9C8BF #B9BAC8 #C8B9C2 #C8C6B9

square

#B9C8BF #B9BAC8 #C8B9C2 #C8C6B9

split-complementary

#B9C8BF #C6B9C8 #C8B9BA

monochromatic

#749280 #97ADA0 #B9C8BF #DBE3DE #EEF2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#B9C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C8BF

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C8BF	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.021 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8d2',
    500: '#b9c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c8bf;
$custom-light: #ced8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81869,
    "c": 0.02056,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C8BF

secondary

#9C8994

accent

#4F7A96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C8BF

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

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