#B9CDEE#B9CDEE

#B9CDEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.051 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDEE
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(217, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, 0.24, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 18.50, 270.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0085 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.051 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2675, 60.1485, 89.4649)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDEE #EEDAB9

analogous

#B9E8EE #B9CDEE #BFB9EE

triadic

#B9CDEE #EEB9CD #CDEEB9

tetradic

#B9CDEE #EEB9E8 #EEDAB9 #B9EEBF

square

#B9CDEE #EEB9E8 #EEDAB9 #B9EEBF

split-complementary

#B9CDEE #EEBFB9 #E8EEB9

monochromatic

#5787D6 #88AAE2 #B9CDEE #E6EDF9 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#B9CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#B9CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDEE

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDEE	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.051 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcf3',
    500: '#b9cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdee;
$custom-light: #cedcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.358,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84406,
    "c": 0.05114,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDEE

secondary

#CCAF7F

accent

#881DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDEE

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

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