#B1C8E4#B1C8E4

#B1C8E4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.047 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1C8E4
RGB	rgb(177, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(213, 49%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 22%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -1.77, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 16.56, 263.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0133 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.047 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7856, 56.2556, 81.4610)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1C8E4 #E4CDB1

analogous

#B1E2E4 #B1C8E4 #B4B1E4

triadic

#B1C8E4 #E4B1C8 #C8E4B1

tetradic

#B1C8E4 #E4B1E2 #E4CDB1 #B1E4B4

square

#B1C8E4 #E4B1E2 #E4CDB1 #B1E4B4

split-complementary

#B1C8E4 #E4B4B1 #E2E4B1

monochromatic

#5688C5 #84A8D4 #B1C8E4 #DEE8F4 #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B1C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#B1C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1C8E4

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1C8E4	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.047 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d8ec',
    500: '#b1c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1c8e4;
$custom-light: #c9d8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.941,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82469,
    "c": 0.04677,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1C8E4

secondary

#BEA07B

accent

#7A2ABC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1C8E4

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

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