#B9CDEB#B9CDEB

#B9CDEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.047 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDEB
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(216, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -0.43, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 17.05, 268.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0095 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.047 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8304, 59.9736, 87.1630)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDEB #EBD7B9

analogous

#B9E6EB #B9CDEB #BEB9EB

triadic

#B9CDEB #EBB9CD #CDEBB9

tetradic

#B9CDEB #EBB9E6 #EBD7B9 #B9EBBE

square

#B9CDEB #EBB9E6 #EBD7B9 #B9EBBE

split-complementary

#B9CDEB #EBBEB9 #E6EBB9

monochromatic

#5A89D0 #89ABDD #B9CDEB #E7EEF8 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B9CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#B9CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDEB

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDEB	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.047 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcf1',
    500: '#b9cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdeb;
$custom-light: #cedcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84301,
    "c": 0.04736,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDEB

secondary

#C7AB81

accent

#8322C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDEB

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

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