#B9D5E8#B9D5E8

#B9D5E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.040 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D5E8
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(204, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -5.29, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 13.52, 246.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0214 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.04 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3634, 63.7273, 85.5539)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D5E8 #E8CCB9

analogous

#B9E8E4 #B9D5E8 #B9BEE8

triadic

#B9D5E8 #E8B9D5 #D5E8B9

tetradic

#B9D5E8 #E4B9E8 #E8CCB9 #BEE8B9

square

#B9D5E8 #E4B9E8 #E8CCB9 #BEE8B9

split-complementary

#B9D5E8 #E8B9BE #E8E4B9

monochromatic

#5D9ECA #8BB9D9 #B9D5E8 #E7F1F7 #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#B9D5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#B9D5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D5E8

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D5E8	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.040 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee1ef',
    500: '#b9d5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d5e8;
$custom-light: #cee1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85843,
    "c": 0.03997,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D5E8

secondary

#C39C82

accent

#6428BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D5E8

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

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