#B9C7EC#B9C7EC

#B9C7EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.054 H 268.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C7EC
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 236)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(224, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 2.99, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 20.10, 278.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0011 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.054 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5675, 57.2160, 87.4567)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C7EC #ECDEB9

analogous

#B9E1EC #B9C7EC #C4B9EC

triadic

#B9C7EC #ECB9C7 #C7ECB9

tetradic

#B9C7EC #ECB9E1 #ECDEB9 #B9ECC4

square

#B9C7EC #ECB9E1 #ECDEB9 #B9ECC4

split-complementary

#B9C7EC #ECC4B9 #E1ECB9

monochromatic

#597AD2 #89A0DF #B9C7EC #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9C7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#B9C7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C7EC

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C7EC	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.054 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced7f2',
    500: '#b9c7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c7ec;
$custom-light: #ced7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.529,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83117,
    "c": 0.05424,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C7EC

secondary

#C9B580

accent

#9821C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C7EC

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

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