#B9CAEF#B9CAEF

#B9CAEF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.055 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CAEF
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(221, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, 2.06, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 20.26, 275.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0041 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.055 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7040, 58.7859, 90.0039)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CAEF #EFDEB9

analogous

#B9E5EF #B9CAEF #C3B9EF

triadic

#B9CAEF #EFB9CA #CAEFB9

tetradic

#B9CAEF #EFB9E5 #EFDEB9 #B9EFC3

square

#B9CAEF #EFB9E5 #EFDEB9 #B9EFC3

split-complementary

#B9CAEF #EFC3B9 #E5EFB9

monochromatic

#557FD8 #87A4E4 #B9CAEF #E6ECF9 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B9CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#B9CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CAEF

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CAEF	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.055 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf4',
    500: '#b9caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9caef;
$custom-light: #cedaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83833,
    "c": 0.05518,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CAEF

secondary

#CDB57F

accent

#931BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CAEF

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

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