#B9DCFF#B9DCFF

#B9DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.061 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DCFF
RGB	rgb(185, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(210, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -3.79, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 21.13, 259.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0224 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.061 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.6456, 68.7183, 104.4989)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DCFF #FFDCB9

analogous

#B9FFFF #B9DCFF #B9B9FF

triadic

#B9DCFF #FFB9DC #DCFFB9

tetradic

#B9DCFF #FFB9FF #FFDCB9 #B9FFB9

square

#B9DCFF #FFB9FF #FFDCB9 #B9FFB9

split-complementary

#B9DCFF #FFB9B9 #FFFFB9

monochromatic

#3F9FFF #7CBDFF #B9DCFF #E0F0FF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B9DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#B9DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DCFF

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DCFF	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFDCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5E4E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.061 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6ff',
    500: '#b9dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dcff;
$custom-light: #cfe6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8808,
    "c": 0.06112,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DCFF

secondary

#E7AE75

accent

#7300E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141618

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DCFF

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

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