#B9CEEB#B9CEEB

#B9CEEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.047 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CEEB
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(215, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -0.96, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 16.68, 266.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0109 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.047 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0704, 60.4536, 87.2430)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CEEB #EBD6B9

analogous

#B9E7EB #B9CEEB #BDB9EB

triadic

#B9CEEB #EBB9CE #CEEBB9

tetradic

#B9CEEB #EBB9E7 #EBD6B9 #B9EBBD

square

#B9CEEB #EBB9E7 #EBD6B9 #B9EBBD

split-complementary

#B9CEEB #EBBDB9 #E7EBB9

monochromatic

#5A8BD0 #89ADDD #B9CEEB #E7EEF8 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#B9CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#B9CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CEEB

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CEEB	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.047 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcf1',
    500: '#b9ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ceeb;
$custom-light: #cedcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84505,
    "c": 0.0466,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CEEB

secondary

#C7AA81

accent

#8022C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CEEB

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

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