#B9DDEA#B9DDEA

#B9DDEA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.042 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DDEA
RGB	rgb(185, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -9.00, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 13.66, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0313 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.042 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7112, 67.9657, 87.7459)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DDEA #EAC6B9

analogous

#B9EADE #B9DDEA #B9C5EA

triadic

#B9DDEA #EAB9DD #DDEAB9

tetradic

#B9DDEA #DEB9EA #EAC6B9 #C5EAB9

square

#B9DDEA #DEB9EA #EAC6B9 #C5EAB9

split-complementary

#B9DDEA #EAB9C5 #EADEB9

monochromatic

#5BAFCE #8AC6DC #B9DDEA #E7F4F8 #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B9DDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#B9DDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DDEA

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DDEA	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.042 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee7f0',
    500: '#b9ddea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ddea;
$custom-light: #cee7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87573,
    "c": 0.0419,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DDEA

secondary

#C69381

accent

#4E24C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DDEA

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

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