#B9C9F0#B9C9F0

#B9C9F0 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.058 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C9F0
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 240)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(223, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, 2.82, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 21.22, 277.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0024 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.058 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6183, 58.3774, 90.7061)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C9F0 #F0E0B9

analogous

#B9E4F0 #B9C9F0 #C4B9F0

triadic

#B9C9F0 #F0B9C9 #C9F0B9

tetradic

#B9C9F0 #F0B9E4 #F0E0B9 #B9F0C4

square

#B9C9F0 #F0B9E4 #F0E0B9 #B9F0C4

split-complementary

#B9C9F0 #F0C4B9 #E4F0B9

monochromatic

#547BDA #87A2E5 #B9C9F0 #E6ECFA #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9C9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#B9C9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C9F0

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C9F0	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCCF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.058 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced9f5',
    500: '#b9c9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c9f0;
$custom-light: #ced9f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83667,
    "c": 0.05752,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C9F0

secondary

#CFB77F

accent

#9819CD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C9F0

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

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