#B9CBF1#B9CBF1

#B9CBF1 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.057 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CBF1
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 241)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(221, 23%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, 1.98, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 20.83, 275.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0048 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.057 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.2365, 59.3755, 91.6470)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CBF1 #F1DFB9

analogous

#B9E7F1 #B9CBF1 #C3B9F1

triadic

#B9CBF1 #F1B9CB #CBF1B9

tetradic

#B9CBF1 #F1B9E7 #F1DFB9 #B9F1C3

square

#B9CBF1 #F1B9E7 #F1DFB9 #B9F1C3

split-complementary

#B9CBF1 #F1C3B9 #E7F1B9

monochromatic

#537FDD #86A5E7 #B9CBF1 #E5ECFA #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9CBF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#B9CBF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CBF1

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CBF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CBF1	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cbf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.057 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf5',
    500: '#b9cbf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cbf1;
$custom-light: #cedaf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cbf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84108,
    "c": 0.05685,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CBF1

secondary

#D0B67E

accent

#9417CF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CBF1

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

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