#B9CDBA#B9CDBA

#B9CDBA is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.034 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDBA
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(123, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(123, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -10.33, 7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 12.57, 145.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0284 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.034 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7000, 57.5215, 54.8765)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDBA #CDB9CC

analogous

#C2CDB9 #B9CDBA #B9CDC4

triadic

#B9CDBA #BAB9CD #CDBAB9

tetradic

#B9CDBA #B9C2CD #CDB9CC #CDC4B9

square

#B9CDBA #B9C2CD #CDB9CC #CDC4B9

split-complementary

#B9CDBA #C4B9CD #CDB9C2

monochromatic

#729A74 #95B497 #B9CDBA #DDE7DD #EDF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#B9CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDBA

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDBA	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.034 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcce',
    500: '#b9cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdba;
$custom-light: #cedcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82787,
    "c": 0.03398,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDBA

secondary

#A189A0

accent

#4B979B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131513

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDBA

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

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