#B9CBFF#B9CBFF

#B9CBFF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.076 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CBFF
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(225, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(225, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, 5.22, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 27.96, 280.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0002 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.076 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4086, 60.2443, 103.0866)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CBFF #FFEDB9

analogous

#B9EEFF #B9CBFF #CAB9FF

triadic

#B9CBFF #FFB9CB #CBFFB9

tetradic

#B9CBFF #FFB9EE #FFEDB9 #B9FFCA

square

#B9CBFF #FFB9EE #FFEDB9 #B9FFCA

split-complementary

#B9CBFF #FFCAB9 #EEFFB9

monochromatic

#3F70FF #7C9EFF #B9CBFF #E0E8FF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#B9CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#B9CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CBFF

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CBFF	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7D5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.076 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdaff',
    500: '#b9cbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cbff;
$custom-light: #cfdaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84635,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CBFF

secondary

#E7CA75

accent

#AA00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CBFF

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

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