#B9DFEF#B9DFEF

#B9DFEF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.046 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DFEF
RGB	rgb(185, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(198, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -8.95, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 14.89, 233.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.032 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.046 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9708, 69.3195, 91.7595)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DFEF #EFC9B9

analogous

#B9EFE4 #B9DFEF #B9C4EF

triadic

#B9DFEF #EFB9DF #DFEFB9

tetradic

#B9DFEF #E4B9EF #EFC9B9 #C4EFB9

square

#B9DFEF #E4B9EF #EFC9B9 #C4EFB9

split-complementary

#B9DFEF #EFB9C4 #EFE4B9

monochromatic

#55B1D8 #87C8E4 #B9DFEF #E6F4F9 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#B9DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#B9DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DFEF

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DFEF	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.046 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe9f4',
    500: '#b9dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9dfef;
$custom-light: #cfe9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88153,
    "c": 0.04553,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DFEF

secondary

#CD967F

accent

#4F1BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DFEF

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

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