#B9CECC#B9CECC

#B9CECC is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.023 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CECC
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(174, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -7.44, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 7.58, 190.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0225 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.023 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9755, 58.8156, 65.6766)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CECC #CEB9BB

analogous

#B9CEC2 #B9CECC #B9C6CE

triadic

#B9CECC #CCB9CE #CECCB9

tetradic

#B9CECC #C2B9CE #CEB9BB #C6CEB9

square

#B9CECC #C2B9CE #CEB9BB #C6CEB9

split-complementary

#B9CECC #CEB9C6 #CEC2B9

monochromatic

#719C98 #95B5B2 #B9CECC #DDE7E6 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#B9CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CECC

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CECC	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.023 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedddb',
    500: '#b9cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cecc;
$custom-light: #cedddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83504,
    "c": 0.02286,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CECC

secondary

#A3898B

accent

#4A519C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFB

border

#D3D5D4

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CECC

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

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