#B9CDCA#B9CDCA

#B9CDCA is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.022 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDCA
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(171, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(171, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -7.31, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 7.36, 186.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0219 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.022 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4972, 58.2403, 64.3414)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDCA #CDB9BC

analogous

#B9CDC0 #B9CDCA #B9C6CD

triadic

#B9CDCA #CAB9CD #CDCAB9

tetradic

#B9CDCA #C0B9CD #CDB9BC #C6CDB9

square

#B9CDCA #C0B9CD #CDB9BC #C6CDB9

split-complementary

#B9CDCA #CDB9C6 #CDC0B9

monochromatic

#729A94 #95B4AF #B9CDCA #DDE7E5 #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#B9CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDCA

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDCA	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.022 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcda',
    500: '#b9cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdca;
$custom-light: #cedcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83236,
    "c": 0.02205,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDCA

secondary

#A1898C

accent

#4B579B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDCA

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

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