#B9DEFF#B9DEFF

#B9DEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.060 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DEFF
RGB	rgb(185, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(208, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(208, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -4.83, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 20.58, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.025 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.06 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1736, 69.7744, 104.6749)
Luminance	0.6978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DEFF #FFDAB9

analogous

#B9FFFD #B9DEFF #B9BBFF

triadic

#B9DEFF #FFB9DE #DEFFB9

tetradic

#B9DEFF #FDB9FF #FFDAB9 #BBFFB9

square

#B9DEFF #FDB9FF #FFDAB9 #BBFFB9

split-complementary

#B9DEFF #FFB9BB #FFFDB9

monochromatic

#3FA4FF #7CC1FF #B9DEFF #E0F1FF #E0F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#B9DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#B9DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DEFF

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DEFF	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5E6E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.060 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe8ff',
    500: '#b9deff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9deff;
$custom-light: #cfe8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88491,
    "c": 0.06012,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DEFF

secondary

#E7AB75

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141618

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DEFF

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

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