#B9CBEF#B9CBEF

#B9CBEF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.054 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CBEF
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 1.53, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 19.83, 274.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0055 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.054 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9394, 59.2567, 90.0823)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CBEF #EFDDB9

analogous

#B9E6EF #B9CBEF #C2B9EF

triadic

#B9CBEF #EFB9CB #CBEFB9

tetradic

#B9CBEF #EFB9E6 #EFDDB9 #B9EFC2

square

#B9CBEF #EFB9E6 #EFDDB9 #B9EFC2

split-complementary

#B9CBEF #EFC2B9 #E6EFB9

monochromatic

#5581D8 #87A6E4 #B9CBEF #E6ECF9 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#B9CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CBEF

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CBEF	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.054 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf4',
    500: '#b9cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cbef;
$custom-light: #cedaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84036,
    "c": 0.05423,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CBEF

secondary

#CDB37F

accent

#901BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CBEF

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

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