HEX atlas value

#B6EDCD

#B6EDCD is a cool green HEX color nearest Pastel Aqua. RGB 182, 237, 205, HSL 145° 60% 82%, luminance 0.7492; view contrast and conversions.

green cool balanced

#B6EDCD Sample readable text

HEX #B6EDCD

RGB rgb(182, 237, 205)

HSL hsl(145 60% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(23, 0, 14, 7)

Luminance 0.7492

Contrast Black 15.98:1White 1.31:1

CSS

--color-b6edcd: #B6EDCD;
.background-b6edcd { background-color: #B6EDCD; }
.text-b6edcd { color: #B6EDCD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B6EDCD

#B6EDCD is classified as a cool green value with balanced visual character. #B6EDCD is visually closest to Pastel Aqua, a named cyan color with HEX #B8E8E0.

The RGB channels are 182, 237, and 205, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 145deg with 60% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and botanical and wellness palettes. Its luminance is 0.7492, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.75, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.98:1AA Pass

White text1.31:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B6EDCD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.98:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.31:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Pastel Mint#CEFAD0 · #000000 text · best 18.21:1 #ABF7CB#ABF7CB · #000000 text · best 16.9:1 #B6EDE8#B6EDE8 · #000000 text · best 16.27:1 #BAEDB6#BAEDB6 · #000000 text · best 15.88:1

Generated Palette

#B6EDCD#B6EDCD

#EDB6D6#EDB6D6

#BAEDB6#BAEDB6

#B6EDE8#B6EDE8

White#FFFFFF

#6CDA9A#6CDA9A

Color Harmonies

#EDB6D6#EDB6D6

#BAEDB6#BAEDB6

#B6EDE8#B6EDE8

#CDB6ED#CDB6ED

#EDCDB6#EDCDB6

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#6CDA9A#6CDA9A

#ABF7CB#ABF7CB

#C0E3CE#C0E3CE

White#FFFFFF

#CCFFE1#CCFFE1

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0

Pastel Green#C1E1C1

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Powder Blue#B0E0E6

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

Luminance0.7492

Black text15.98:1AA Pass

White text1.31:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B6EDCD","rgb":[182,237,205],"hsl":[145,60,82],"cmyk":[23,0,14,7],"luminance":0.7492,"contrast":{"black":15.98,"white":1.31}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.98,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.31,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.21,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ABF7CB","hex":"#ABF7CB","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.9,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B6EDE8","hex":"#B6EDE8","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.27,"contrastWhite":1.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#BAEDB6","hex":"#BAEDB6","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.88,"contrastWhite":1.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","balanced","balanced green","Pastel Aqua adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b6edcd.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-aqua.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-mint.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#EDB6D6","analogous":["#BAEDB6","#B6EDE8"],"triadic":["#CDB6ED","#EDCDB6"],"tetradic":["#B6BAED","#EDB6D6","#EDE8B6"],"splitComplementary":["#E8B6ED","#EDB6BA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#B6EDCD","#6CDA9A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#6CDA9A","saturated":"#ABF7CB","desaturated":"#C0E3CE","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#CCFFE1"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-aqua","name":"Pastel Aqua","hex":"#B8E8E0","distance":19.748417658131498},{"slug":"pastel-green","name":"Pastel Green","hex":"#C1E1C1","distance":20.223748416156685},{"slug":"pastel-mint","name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","distance":27.459060435491963},{"slug":"powder-blue","name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","distance":28.809720581775867},{"slug":"pastel-teal","name":"Pastel Teal","hex":"#9FD8D2","distance":31.54362059117501}]

#B6EDCD

CSS

About #B6EDCD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Related HEX Guides