#B9CAEE#B9CAEE

#B9CAEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.054 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CAEE
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(221, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, 1.84, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 19.76, 275.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0044 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.054 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5567, 58.7270, 89.2280)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CAEE #EEDDB9

analogous

#B9E4EE #B9CAEE #C2B9EE

triadic

#B9CAEE #EEB9CA #CAEEB9

tetradic

#B9CAEE #EEB9E4 #EEDDB9 #B9EEC2

square

#B9CAEE #EEB9E4 #EEDDB9 #B9EEC2

split-complementary

#B9CAEE #EEC2B9 #E4EEB9

monochromatic

#577FD6 #88A5E2 #B9CAEE #E6ECF9 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#B9CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CAEE

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CAEE	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.054 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf3',
    500: '#b9caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9caee;
$custom-light: #cedaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.755,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83797,
    "c": 0.05386,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CAEE

secondary

#CCB37F

accent

#921DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CAEE

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

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