#B9CDCB#B9CDCB

#B9CDCB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.022 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDCB
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(174, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -7.12, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 7.24, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0215 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.022 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6159, 58.2879, 64.9669)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDCB #CDB9BB

analogous

#B9CDC1 #B9CDCB #B9C5CD

triadic

#B9CDCB #CBB9CD #CDCBB9

tetradic

#B9CDCB #C1B9CD #CDB9BB #C5CDB9

square

#B9CDCB #C1B9CD #CDB9BB #C5CDB9

split-complementary

#B9CDCB #CDB9C5 #CDC1B9

monochromatic

#729A96 #95B4B0 #B9CDCB #DDE7E6 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#B9CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDCB

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDCB	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.022 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcda',
    500: '#b9cdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdcb;
$custom-light: #cedcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83265,
    "c": 0.02183,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDCB

secondary

#A1898B

accent

#4B539B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDCB

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

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