#B9DBDB#B9DBDB

#B9DBDB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.036 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DBDB
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(180, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -11.13, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 11.74, 198.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0344 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.036 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1219, 66.0902, 76.6985)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DBDB #DBB9B9

analogous

#B9DBCA #B9DBDB #B9CADB

triadic

#B9DBDB #DBB9DB #DBDBB9

tetradic

#B9DBDB #CAB9DB #DBB9B9 #CADBB9

square

#B9DBDB #CAB9DB #DBB9B9 #CADBB9

split-complementary

#B9DBDB #DBB9CA #DBCAB9

monochromatic

#68B1B1 #91C6C6 #B9DBDB #E1F0F0 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B9DBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#B9DBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DBDB

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DBDB	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.036 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee6e6',
    500: '#b9dbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dbdb;
$custom-light: #cee6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86685,
    "c": 0.03585,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DBDB

secondary

#B28686

accent

#3B3BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DBDB

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

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