#B9CDCC#B9CDCC

#B9CDCC is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.022 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDCC
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(177, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(177, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -6.92, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 7.15, 194.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0211 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.022 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7355, 58.3357, 65.5966)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDCC #CDB9BA

analogous

#B9CDC2 #B9CDCC #B9C4CD

triadic

#B9CDCC #CCB9CD #CDCCB9

tetradic

#B9CDCC #C2B9CD #CDB9BA #C4CDB9

square

#B9CDCC #C2B9CD #CDB9BA #C4CDB9

split-complementary

#B9CDCC #CDB9C4 #CDC2B9

monochromatic

#729A98 #95B4B2 #B9CDCC #DDE7E6 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#B9CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDCC

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDCC	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.022 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcdb',
    500: '#b9cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdcc;
$custom-light: #cedcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83295,
    "c": 0.0217,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDCC

secondary

#A1898A

accent

#4B4F9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDCC

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

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