#B9CDEC#B9CDEC

#B9CDEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.049 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDEC
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(216, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -0.20, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 17.53, 269.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0092 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.049 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9753, 60.0316, 87.9260)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDEC #ECD8B9

analogous

#B9E6EC #B9CDEC #BFB9EC

triadic

#B9CDEC #ECB9CD #CDECB9

tetradic

#B9CDEC #ECB9E6 #ECD8B9 #B9ECBF

square

#B9CDEC #ECB9E6 #ECD8B9 #B9ECBF

split-complementary

#B9CDEC #ECBFB9 #E6ECB9

monochromatic

#5988D2 #89ABDF #B9CDEC #E7EEF8 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#B9CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#B9CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDEC

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDEC	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.049 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcf2',
    500: '#b9cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdec;
$custom-light: #cedcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84336,
    "c": 0.04861,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDEC

secondary

#C9AC80

accent

#8421C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDEC

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

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