#B9CDBE#B9CDBE

#B9CDBE is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.030 H 153.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDBE
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(135, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(135, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -9.59, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 10.90, 151.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0267 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.03 153.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1312, 57.6940, 57.1474)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDBE #CDB9C8

analogous

#BECDB9 #B9CDBE #B9CDC8

triadic

#B9CDBE #BEB9CD #CDBEB9

tetradic

#B9CDBE #B9BECD #CDB9C8 #CDC8B9

square

#B9CDBE #B9BECD #CDB9C8 #CDC8B9

split-complementary

#B9CDBE #C8B9CD #CDB9BE

monochromatic

#729A7C #95B49D #B9CDBE #DDE7DF #EDF2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B9CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#B9CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDBE

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDBE	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.030 153.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcd1',
    500: '#b9cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdbe;
$custom-light: #cedcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.02995,
    "h": 153.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDBE

secondary

#A1899B

accent

#4B879B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDBE

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

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