#B0C9EC#B0C9EC

#B0C9EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.056 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0C9EC
RGB	rgb(176, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -0.78, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 20.08, 267.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0129 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.056 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9273, 57.0578, 87.5125)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0C9EC #ECD3B0

analogous

#B0E7EC #B0C9EC #B5B0EC

triadic

#B0C9EC #ECB0C9 #C9ECB0

tetradic

#B0C9EC #ECB0E7 #ECD3B0 #B0ECB5

square

#B0C9EC #ECB0E7 #ECD3B0 #B0ECB5

split-complementary

#B0C9EC #ECB5B0 #E7ECB0

monochromatic

#4D86D4 #7FA7E0 #B0C9EC #E1EBF8 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B0C9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#B0C9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0C9EC

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0C9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0C9EC	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0c9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.056 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d9f2',
    500: '#b0c9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0c9ec;
$custom-light: #c8d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0c9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82893,
    "c": 0.05636,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0C9EC

secondary

#C9A777

accent

#811DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0C9EC

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

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