#B9C8CD#B9C8CD

#B9C8CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.018 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C8CD
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(195, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -4.11, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 5.90, 225.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0137 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.018 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6788, 56.0299, 65.8379)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C8CD #CDBEB9

analogous

#B9CDC8 #B9C8CD #B9BECD

triadic

#B9C8CD #CDB9C8 #C8CDB9

tetradic

#B9C8CD #C8B9CD #CDBEB9 #BECDB9

square

#B9C8CD #C8B9CD #CDBEB9 #BECDB9

split-complementary

#B9C8CD #CDB9BE #CDC8B9

monochromatic

#72909A #95ACB4 #B9C8CD #DDE4E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#B9C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#B9C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C8CD

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C8CD	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.018 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8dc',
    500: '#b9c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c8cd;
$custom-light: #ced8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82283,
    "c": 0.01787,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C8CD

secondary

#A18F89

accent

#5F4B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C8CD

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

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