#B9DBEF#B9DBEF

#B9DBEF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.045 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DBEF
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(202, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -6.88, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 15.14, 242.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0268 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.045 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9147, 67.2073, 91.4074)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DBEF #EFCDB9

analogous

#B9EFE8 #B9DBEF #B9C0EF

triadic

#B9DBEF #EFB9DB #DBEFB9

tetradic

#B9DBEF #E8B9EF #EFCDB9 #C0EFB9

square

#B9DBEF #E8B9EF #EFCDB9 #C0EFB9

split-complementary

#B9DBEF #EFB9C0 #EFE8B9

monochromatic

#55A8D8 #87C1E4 #B9DBEF #E6F2F9 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#B9DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#B9DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DBEF

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DBEF	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAE0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.045 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee6f4',
    500: '#b9dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dbef;
$custom-light: #cee6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8732,
    "c": 0.0454,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DBEF

secondary

#CD9C7F

accent

#5C1BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DBEF

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

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