#B9CECB#B9CECB

#B9CECB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.023 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CECB
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(171, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(171, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -7.64, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 7.69, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0229 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.023 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8559, 58.7678, 65.0469)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CECB #CEB9BC

analogous

#B9CEC1 #B9CECB #B9C7CE

triadic

#B9CECB #CBB9CE #CECBB9

tetradic

#B9CECB #C1B9CE #CEB9BC #C7CEB9

square

#B9CECB #C1B9CE #CEB9BC #C7CEB9

split-complementary

#B9CECB #CEB9C7 #CEC1B9

monochromatic

#719C96 #95B5B0 #B9CECB #DDE7E6 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#B9CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CECB

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CECB	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.023 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceddda',
    500: '#b9cecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cecb;
$custom-light: #ceddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83475,
    "c": 0.02306,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CECB

secondary

#A3898C

accent

#4A559C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CECB

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

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