#B9CAED#B9CAED

#B9CAED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.053 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CAED
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 1.61, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 19.26, 274.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0048 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.053 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4102, 58.6684, 88.4564)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CAED #EDDCB9

analogous

#B9E4ED #B9CAED #C2B9ED

triadic

#B9CAED #EDB9CA #CAEDB9

tetradic

#B9CAED #EDB9E4 #EDDCB9 #B9EDC2

square

#B9CAED #EDB9E4 #EDDCB9 #B9EDC2

split-complementary

#B9CAED #EDC2B9 #E4EDB9

monochromatic

#5880D4 #88A5E0 #B9CAED #E7EDF9 #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#B9CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CAED

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CAED	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.053 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf2',
    500: '#b9caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9caed;
$custom-light: #cedaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.385,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83761,
    "c": 0.05255,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CAED

secondary

#CAB280

accent

#901FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CAED

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

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