#B9CDFF#B9CDFF

#B9CDFF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.073 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDFF
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(223, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(223, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, 4.14, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 27.01, 278.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0028 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.073 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.8839, 61.1950, 103.2450)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDFF #FFEBB9

analogous

#B9F0FF #B9CDFF #C8B9FF

triadic

#B9CDFF #FFB9CD #CDFFB9

tetradic

#B9CDFF #FFB9F0 #FFEBB9 #B9FFC8

square

#B9CDFF #FFB9F0 #FFEBB9 #B9FFC8

split-complementary

#B9CDFF #FFC8B9 #F0FFB9

monochromatic

#3F76FF #7CA1FF #B9CDFF #E0E9FF #E0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#B9CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#B9CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDFF

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDFF	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDD1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6D7DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.073 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcff',
    500: '#b9cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdff;
$custom-light: #cfdcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85036,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDFF

secondary

#E7C675

accent

#A400E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDFF

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

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