#B1C8EC#B1C8EC

#B1C8EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.057 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1C8EC
RGB	rgb(177, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, 0.05, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 20.36, 270.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0105 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.057 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9219, 56.7101, 87.4457)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1C8EC #ECD5B1

analogous

#B1E5EC #B1C8EC #B7B1EC

triadic

#B1C8EC #ECB1C8 #C8ECB1

tetradic

#B1C8EC #ECB1E5 #ECD5B1 #B1ECB7

square

#B1C8EC #ECB1E5 #ECD5B1 #B1ECB7

split-complementary

#B1C8EC #ECB7B1 #E5ECB1

monochromatic

#4F83D4 #80A5E0 #B1C8EC #E2EBF8 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B1C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#B1C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1C8EC

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1C8EC	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.057 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d8f2',
    500: '#b1c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1c8ec;
$custom-light: #c9d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.61,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82756,
    "c": 0.05665,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1C8EC

secondary

#C9A978

accent

#861DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1C8EC

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

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