#b9dce1

Color #b9dce1

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 4.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b9dce1

RGB

rgb(185, 220, 225)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 40%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 17.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(85.47, -10.4, -6.28)

LCH

lch(85.47, 12.15, 211.13)

OKLCH

oklch(87.1%, 0.0375, 206.98)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 72.5%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1beb9

Analogous

#b9e1d2

#b9dce1

#b9c8e1

Triadic

#b9dce1

#e1b9dc

#dce1b9

Split-complementary

#b9dce1

#e1b9c8

#e1d2b9

Tetradic

#b9dce1

#beb9e1

#e1beb9

#dce1b9

Square

#b9dce1

#d2b9e1

#e1beb9

#c8e1b9

Shades

Color #b9dce1 mixed toward black.

#89c4cd

#59acb8

#3e8590

#295960

#152c30

Tints

Color #b9dce1 mixed toward white.

#c5e2e6

#d0e8eb

#dceef0

#e8f3f5

#f3f9fa

Tones

Color #b9dce1 mixed toward gray.

#bcdade

#c0d7da

#c3d5d7

#c6d2d4

#cad0d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9e0 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#c7c4e0 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#bbdfdf · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9dce1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9dce1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#b9dce1 (#b9dce1) is rgb(185, 220, 225) in RGB.

No, #b9dce1 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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