#B9CAF1#B9CAF1

#B9CAF1 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.058 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CAF1
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 241)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(222, 23%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, 2.52, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 21.28, 276.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0034 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.058 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0011, 58.9047, 91.5686)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CAF1 #F1E0B9

analogous

#B9E6F1 #B9CAF1 #C4B9F1

triadic

#B9CAF1 #F1B9CA #CAF1B9

tetradic

#B9CAF1 #F1B9E6 #F1E0B9 #B9F1C4

square

#B9CAF1 #F1B9E6 #F1E0B9 #B9F1C4

split-complementary

#B9CAF1 #F1C4B9 #E6F1B9

monochromatic

#537DDD #86A3E7 #B9CAF1 #E5ECFA #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9CAF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#B9CAF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CAF1

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CAF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CAF1	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECDF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9caf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.058 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf5',
    500: '#b9caf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9caf1;
$custom-light: #cedaf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9caf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.786,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83906,
    "c": 0.05783,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CAF1

secondary

#D0B77E

accent

#9717CF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CAF1

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

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