#B9ECFF#B9ECFF

#B9ECFF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.058 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ECFF
RGB	rgb(185, 236, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -12.02, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 18.81, 230.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0428 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.058 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.0475, 77.5222, 105.9662)
Luminance	0.7752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ECFF #FFCCB9

analogous

#B9FFEF #B9ECFF #B9C9FF

triadic

#B9ECFF #FFB9EC #ECFFB9

tetradic

#B9ECFF #EFB9FF #FFCCB9 #C9FFB9

square

#B9ECFF #EFB9FF #FFCCB9 #C9FFB9

split-complementary

#B9ECFF #FFB9C9 #FFEFB9

monochromatic

#3FCBFF #7CDBFF #B9ECFF #E0F7FF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#B9ECFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#B9ECFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ECFF

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ECFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ECFF	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6E0FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3F2F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ecff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 236, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.058 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cff2ff',
    500: '#b9ecff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ecff;
$custom-light: #cff2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ecff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91394,
    "c": 0.05822,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ECFF

secondary

#E79475

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#141618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ECFF

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

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