Light Blue Grey #B7C9E2

About this color

#B7C9E2 is a light, muted blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 83%, its chroma 0.040 and its hue 257°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Light Blue Grey. Black text reads best on it, at 12.46:1.

Colors that go with Light Blue Grey

Matches found by rotating Light Blue Grey around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Light Blue Grey

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Light Blue Grey, closest first.

• Seaglass Cove
• Evergreen Floor
• Frost and Fjord
• Cloud Blue
• Brine Season
• Cloud Cuddle
• Zenith Afternoon
• Vector and Kernel

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Light Blue Grey, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE ΔE 0.017
• Cloudy Blue #ACC2D9 ΔE 0.026
• Light Blue #ADD8E6 ΔE 0.039
• Baby Blue #A2CFFE ΔE 0.043
• Light Periwinkle #C1C6FC ΔE 0.043
• Silver #C0C0C0 ΔE 0.046
• Light Cornflower Blue #98C1D9 ΔE 0.047
• Cadet Gray #CED4DA ΔE 0.047

More about Light Blue Grey

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make Light Blue Grey

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts white
• 2 parts pink
• 1 part blue

Recipe result: #BAC5E3, a difference of ΔE 0.011 from Light Blue Grey. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Light Blue Grey in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Light Blue Grey

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F3F6F9

   oklch(97.2% 0.005 247.9)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E5EAF2

   oklch(93.6% 0.012 259.8)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D0DAE8

   oklch(88.5% 0.022 256.7)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #B7C9E2

   oklch(83% 0.04 256.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #87A3C9

   oklch(70.8% 0.064 256.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #698BBB

   oklch(63% 0.082 257)

7. Step 600

   600

   #5075A7

   oklch(55.6% 0.089 256.2)

8. Step 700

   700

   #41628F

   oklch(49.1% 0.082 256.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #365074

   oklch(42.7% 0.068 256.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #2F435E

    oklch(37.9% 0.053 256.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #1C2737

    oklch(27% 0.034 257.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Light Blue Grey with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.