#B9C7EB#B9C7EB

#B9C7EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.053 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C7EB
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 235)
HSL	hsl(223, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(223, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 2.77, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 19.59, 278.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0014 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.053 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4226, 57.1580, 86.6937)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C7EB #EBDDB9

analogous

#B9E0EB #B9C7EB #C4B9EB

triadic

#B9C7EB #EBB9C7 #C7EBB9

tetradic

#B9C7EB #EBB9E0 #EBDDB9 #B9EBC4

square

#B9C7EB #EBB9E0 #EBDDB9 #B9EBC4

split-complementary

#B9C7EB #EBC4B9 #E0EBB9

monochromatic

#5A7BD0 #89A1DD #B9C7EB #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9C7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#B9C7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C7EB

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C7EB	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.053 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced7f1',
    500: '#b9c7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c7eb;
$custom-light: #ced7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83081,
    "c": 0.05289,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C7EB

secondary

#C7B481

accent

#9622C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C7EB

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

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