#B9CBCD#B9CBCD

#B9CBCD is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.020 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CBCD
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(186, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -5.68, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 6.46, 208.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0179 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.02 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.3805, 57.4331, 66.0718)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CBCD #CDBBB9

analogous

#B9CDC5 #B9CBCD #B9C1CD

triadic

#B9CBCD #CDB9CB #CBCDB9

tetradic

#B9CBCD #C5B9CD #CDBBB9 #C1CDB9

square

#B9CBCD #C5B9CD #CDBBB9 #C1CDB9

split-complementary

#B9CBCD #CDB9C1 #CDC5B9

monochromatic

#72969A #95B0B4 #B9CBCD #DDE6E7 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#B9CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CBCD

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CBCD	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.020 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedadc',
    500: '#b9cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cbcd;
$custom-light: #cedadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82907,
    "c": 0.01978,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CBCD

secondary

#A18B89

accent

#534B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CBCD

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

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