HEX atlas value

#B7D9E8

#B7D9E8 is a cool blue HEX color nearest Powder Sky. RGB 183, 217, 232, HSL 198° 52% 81%, luminance 0.6552; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool balanced

#B7D9E8 Sample readable text

HEX #B7D9E8

RGB rgb(183, 217, 232)

HSL hsl(198 52% 81%)

CMYK cmyk(21, 6, 0, 9)

Luminance 0.6552

Contrast Black 14.1:1White 1.49:1

CSS

--color-b7d9e8: #B7D9E8;
.background-b7d9e8 { background-color: #B7D9E8; }
.text-b7d9e8 { color: #B7D9E8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B7D9E8

#B7D9E8 is classified as a cool blue value with balanced visual character. #B7D9E8 is visually closest to Powder Sky, a named blue color with HEX #B7D9E8.

The RGB channels are 183, 217, and 232, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 198deg with 52% saturation and 81% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and calm digital interfaces. Its luminance is 0.6552, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.1:1AA Pass

White text1.49:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B7D9E8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.1:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.49:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FBFDFE#FBFDFE · #000000 text · best 20.58:1 Pale Turquoise#AFEEEE · #000000 text · best 16.29:1 Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0 · #000000 text · best 15.66:1 #B5E8DE#B5E8DE · #000000 text · best 15.56:1 Powder Blue#B0E0E6 · #000000 text · best 14.65:1

Generated Palette

Powder Sky#B7D9E8

#E8C4B5#E8C4B5

#B5E8DE#B5E8DE

#B5BFE8#B5BFE8

#FBFDFE#FBFDFE

#70B4D2#70B4D2

Color Harmonies

#E8C4B5#E8C4B5

#B5E8DE#B5E8DE

#B5BFE8#B5BFE8

#E8B5D9#E8B5D9

#D9E8B5#D9E8B5

Variants

#FBFDFE#FBFDFE

#70B4D2#70B4D2

#ABDDF2#ABDDF2

#C0D4DD#C0D4DD

White#FFFFFF

#C7EEFF#C7EEFF

Nearest Named Colors

Powder Sky#B7D9E8

Powder Blue#B0E0E6

Light Blue#ADD8E6

Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0

Pale Turquoise#AFEEEE

Luminance0.6552

Black text14.1:1AA Pass

White text1.49:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B7D9E8","rgb":[183,217,232],"hsl":[198,52,81],"cmyk":[21,6,0,9],"luminance":0.6552,"contrast":{"black":14.1,"white":1.49}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.1,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.49,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FBFDFE","hex":"#FBFDFE","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.58,"contrastWhite":1.02,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Turquoise","hex":"#AFEEEE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.29,"contrastWhite":1.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Aqua","hex":"#B8E8E0","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.66,"contrastWhite":1.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B5E8DE","hex":"#B5E8DE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.56,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.65,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","balanced","balanced blue","Powder Sky adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b7d9e8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-sky.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E8C4B5","analogous":["#B5E8DE","#B5BFE8"],"triadic":["#E8B5D9","#D9E8B5"],"tetradic":["#DEB5E8","#E8C4B5","#BFE8B5"],"splitComplementary":["#E8B5BF","#E8DEB5"],"monochromatic":["#FBFDFE","#B7D9E8","#70B4D2"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FBFDFE","dark":"#70B4D2","saturated":"#ABDDF2","desaturated":"#C0D4DD","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#C7EEFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"powder-sky","name":"Powder Sky","hex":"#B7D9E8","distance":0},{"slug":"powder-blue","name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","distance":10.099504938362077},{"slug":"light-blue","name":"Light Blue","hex":"#ADD8E6","distance":10.246950765959598},{"slug":"pastel-aqua","name":"Pastel Aqua","hex":"#B8E8E0","distance":17.029386365926403},{"slug":"pale-turquoise","name":"Pale Turquoise","hex":"#AFEEEE","distance":23.259406699226016}]

#B7D9E8

CSS

About #B7D9E8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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