#B9DDEE#B9DDEE

#B9DDEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.045 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DDEE
RGB	rgb(185, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(199, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -8.13, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 14.67, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0298 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.045 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2923, 68.1982, 90.8065)
Luminance	0.6820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DDEE #EECAB9

analogous

#B9EEE4 #B9DDEE #B9C2EE

triadic

#B9DDEE #EEB9DD #DDEEB9

tetradic

#B9DDEE #E4B9EE #EECAB9 #C2EEB9

square

#B9DDEE #E4B9EE #EECAB9 #C2EEB9

split-complementary

#B9DDEE #EEB9C2 #EEE4B9

monochromatic

#57ADD6 #88C5E2 #B9DDEE #E6F3F9 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#B9DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#B9DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DDEE

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DDEE	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAE2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.045 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee7f3',
    500: '#b9ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ddee;
$custom-light: #cee7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87703,
    "c": 0.04458,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DDEE

secondary

#CC987F

accent

#541DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DDEE

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

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