#B9C8EA#B9C8EA

#B9C8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.051 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C8EA
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(222, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 2.01, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 18.62, 276.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0031 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.051 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5094, 57.5621, 86.0119)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C8EA #EADBB9

analogous

#B9E0EA #B9C8EA #C3B9EA

triadic

#B9C8EA #EAB9C8 #C8EAB9

tetradic

#B9C8EA #EAB9E0 #EADBB9 #B9EAC3

square

#B9C8EA #EAB9E0 #EADBB9 #B9EAC3

split-complementary

#B9C8EA #EAC3B9 #E0EAB9

monochromatic

#5B7ECE #8AA3DC #B9C8EA #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#B9C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C8EA

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C8EA	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)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.051 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8f0',
    500: '#b9c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c8ea;
$custom-light: #ced8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.633,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83248,
    "c": 0.05054,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C8EA

secondary

#C6B181

accent

#9124C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C8EA

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

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