#B9CECD#B9CECD

#B9CECD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.023 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CECD
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(177, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -7.25, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 7.49, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0221 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.023 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0958, 58.8637, 66.3102)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CECD #CEB9BA

analogous

#B9CEC3 #B9CECD #B9C5CE

triadic

#B9CECD #CDB9CE #CECDB9

tetradic

#B9CECD #C3B9CE #CEB9BA #C5CEB9

square

#B9CECD #C3B9CE #CEB9BA #C5CEB9

split-complementary

#B9CECD #CEB9C5 #CEC3B9

monochromatic

#719C9A #95B5B3 #B9CECD #DDE7E7 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#B9CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CECD

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CECD	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.023 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedddc',
    500: '#b9cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cecd;
$custom-light: #cedddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83534,
    "c": 0.02274,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CECD

secondary

#A3898A

accent

#4A4D9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CECD

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

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