#b9d6e4

Color #b9d6e4

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 4.44 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b9d6e4

RGB

rgb(185, 214, 228)

HSL

hsl(199.5, 44.3%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.5, 18.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(83.97, -6.67, -10.1)

LCH

lch(83.97, 12.1, 236.56)

OKLCH

oklch(85.9%, 0.0366, 228.55)

HWB

hwb(199.5, 72.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4c7b9

Analogous

#b9e4dd

#b9d6e4

#b9c1e4

Triadic

#b9d6e4

#e4b9d6

#d6e4b9

Split-complementary

#b9d6e4

#e4b9c1

#e4ddb9

Tetradic

#b9d6e4

#c7b9e4

#e4c7b9

#d6e4b9

Square

#b9d6e4

#ddb9e4

#e4c7b9

#c1e4b9

Shades

Color #b9d6e4 mixed toward black.

#87b9d1

#569cbe

#3a7795

#265063

#132832

Tints

Color #b9d6e4 mixed toward white.

#c5dde9

#d0e4ed

#dcebf2

#e8f1f6

#f3f8fb

Tones

Color #b9d6e4 mixed toward gray.

#bdd5e0

#c0d4dd

#c4d2d9

#c7d1d6

#cbd0d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c7e1 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#c5c2e0 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#bbdedd · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 10.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9d6e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9d6e4]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#b9d6e4 (#b9d6e4) is rgb(185, 214, 228) in RGB.

No, #b9d6e4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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