#B9CDCE#B9CDCE

#B9CDCE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.022 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDCE
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(183, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -6.53, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 7.10, 203.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0203 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.022 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9769, 58.4322, 66.8680)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDCE #CEBAB9

analogous

#B9CEC5 #B9CDCE #B9C3CE

triadic

#B9CDCE #CEB9CD #CDCEB9

tetradic

#B9CDCE #C5B9CE #CEBAB9 #C3CEB9

square

#B9CDCE #C5B9CE #CEBAB9 #C3CEB9

split-complementary

#B9CDCE #CEB9C3 #CEC5B9

monochromatic

#719A9C #95B3B5 #B9CDCE #DDE7E7 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#B9CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDCE

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDCE	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.022 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcdc',
    500: '#b9cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdce;
$custom-light: #cedcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83355,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDCE

secondary

#A38A89

accent

#4D4A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDCE

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

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