#B9CDC8#B9CDC8

#B9CDC8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.023 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDC8
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(165, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(165, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -7.70, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 7.71, 178.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0227 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.023 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2619, 58.1462, 63.1023)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDC8 #CDB9BE

analogous

#B9CDBE #B9CDC8 #B9C8CD

triadic

#B9CDC8 #C8B9CD #CDC8B9

tetradic

#B9CDC8 #BEB9CD #CDB9BE #C8CDB9

square

#B9CDC8 #BEB9CD #CDB9BE #C8CDB9

split-complementary

#B9CDC8 #CDB9C8 #CDBEB9

monochromatic

#729A90 #95B4AC #B9CDC8 #DDE7E4 #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#B9CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDC8

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDC8	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.023 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcd8',
    500: '#b9cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdc8;
$custom-light: #cedcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83177,
    "c": 0.02272,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDC8

secondary

#A1898F

accent

#4B5F9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDC8

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

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