#B6C9E8#B6C9E8

#B6C9E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.048 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6C9E8
RGB	rgb(182, 201, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, 0.12, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 17.48, 270.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0082 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.048 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7397, 57.5432, 84.5512)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6C9E8 #E8D5B6

analogous

#B6E2E8 #B6C9E8 #BCB6E8

triadic

#B6C9E8 #E8B6C9 #C9E8B6

tetradic

#B6C9E8 #E8B6E2 #E8D5B6 #B6E8BC

square

#B6C9E8 #E8B6E2 #E8D5B6 #B6E8BC

split-complementary

#B6C9E8 #E8BCB6 #E2E8B6

monochromatic

#5984CB #87A7D9 #B6C9E8 #E5EBF7 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B6C9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#B6C9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6C9E8

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6C9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6C9E8	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6c9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 201, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.048 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd9ef',
    500: '#b6c9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6c9e8;
$custom-light: #ccd9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6c9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.2,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83166,
    "c": 0.0483,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6C9E8

secondary

#C3A97F

accent

#8526BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6C9E8

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

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