#B9CBCA#B9CBCA

#B9CBCA is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.020 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CBCA
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(177, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -6.27, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 6.47, 194.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0191 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.02 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0218, 57.2896, 64.1829)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CBCA #CBB9BA

analogous

#B9CBC1 #B9CBCA #B9C3CB

triadic

#B9CBCA #CAB9CB #CBCAB9

tetradic

#B9CBCA #C1B9CB #CBB9BA #C3CBB9

square

#B9CBCA #C1B9CB #CBB9BA #C3CBB9

split-complementary

#B9CBCA #CBB9C3 #CBC1B9

monochromatic

#739795 #96B1AF #B9CBCA #DCE5E5 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#B9CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CBCA

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CBCA	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.020 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedada',
    500: '#b9cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cbca;
$custom-light: #cedada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82817,
    "c": 0.01961,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CBCA

secondary

#9F898A

accent

#4D5199

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CBCA

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

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