#B9CDCD#B9CDCD

#B9CDCD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.022 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDCD
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -6.73, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 7.11, 198.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0207 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.022 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8558, 58.3838, 66.2302)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDCD #CDB9B9

analogous

#B9CDC3 #B9CDCD #B9C3CD

triadic

#B9CDCD #CDB9CD #CDCDB9

tetradic

#B9CDCD #C3B9CD #CDB9B9 #C3CDB9

square

#B9CDCD #C3B9CD #CDB9B9 #C3CDB9

split-complementary

#B9CDCD #CDB9C3 #CDC3B9

monochromatic

#729A9A #95B4B4 #B9CDCD #DDE7E7 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#B9CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDCD

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDCD	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.022 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcdc',
    500: '#b9cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdcd;
$custom-light: #cedcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83325,
    "c": 0.02166,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDCD

secondary

#A18989

accent

#4B4B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDCD

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

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