#b9dce5

Color #b9dce5

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 3.92 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b9dce5

RGB

rgb(185, 220, 229)

HSL

hsl(192.3, 45.8%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.3, 19.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(85.58, -9.56, -8.24)

LCH

lch(85.58, 12.62, 220.76)

OKLCH

oklch(87.2%, 0.0388, 215.04)

HWB

hwb(192.3, 72.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5c2b9

Analogous

#b9e5d8

#b9dce5

#b9c6e5

Triadic

#b9dce5

#e5b9dc

#dce5b9

Split-complementary

#b9dce5

#e5b9c6

#e5d8b9

Tetradic

#b9dce5

#c2b9e5

#e5c2b9

#dce5b9

Square

#b9dce5

#d8b9e5

#e5c2b9

#c6e5b9

Shades

Color #b9dce5 mixed toward black.

#87c3d2

#54aac0

#388497

#255865

#132c32

Tints

Color #b9dce5 mixed toward white.

#c5e2e9

#d0e8ee

#dceef2

#e8f3f6

#f3f9fb

Tones

Color #b9dce5 mixed toward gray.

#bddae1

#c0d8de

#c4d6da

#c8d3d6

#cbd1d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9e3 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#c7c4e2 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#bbe1e1 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 12

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9dce5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9dce5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#b9dce5 (#b9dce5) is rgb(185, 220, 229) in RGB.

No, #b9dce5 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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