#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
RGBrgb(182, 201, 232)
HSLhsl(217, 52%, 81%)
HSVhsv(217, 22%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(21.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(80.48, 0.12, -17.48)
CIE-LCHlch(80.48, 17.48, 270.39°)
OKLaboklab(83.17% -0.0082 -0.0476)
OKLCHoklch(83.17% 0.048 260.2)
XYZxyz(54.7397, 57.5432, 84.5512)
Luminance0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##B6C9E81.001.6812.5112.51
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5121.001.001.00
##00000012.5121.001.001.00

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

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#B6C9E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva