#B9C9EF#B9C9EF

#B9C9EF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.056 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C9EF
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(222, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, 2.60, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 20.71, 277.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0027 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.056 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4702, 58.3182, 89.9259)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C9EF #EFDFB9

analogous

#B9E4EF #B9C9EF #C4B9EF

triadic

#B9C9EF #EFB9C9 #C9EFB9

tetradic

#B9C9EF #EFB9E4 #EFDFB9 #B9EFC4

square

#B9C9EF #EFB9E4 #EFDFB9 #B9EFC4

split-complementary

#B9C9EF #EFC4B9 #E4EFB9

monochromatic

#557CD8 #87A3E4 #B9C9EF #E6ECF9 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9C9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#B9C9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C9EF

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C9EF	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.056 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced9f4',
    500: '#b9c9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c9ef;
$custom-light: #ced9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83631,
    "c": 0.05619,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C9EF

secondary

#CDB67F

accent

#971BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C9EF

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

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