#B9B2E8#B9B2E8

#B9B2E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.076 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B2E8
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 13.51, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 29.36, 297.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0267 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.076 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4901, 47.9807, 82.9294)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B2E8 #E1E8B2

analogous

#B2C6E8 #B9B2E8 #D4B2E8

triadic

#B9B2E8 #E8B9B2 #B2E8B9

tetradic

#B9B2E8 #E8B2C6 #E1E8B2 #B2E8D4

square

#B9B2E8 #E8B2C6 #E1E8B2 #B2E8D4

split-complementary

#B9B2E8 #E8D4B2 #C6E8B2

monochromatic

#6354CC #8E83DA #B9B2E8 #E4E1F6 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#B9B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B2E8

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B2E8	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.076 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9ef',
    500: '#b9b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b2e8;
$custom-light: #cec9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78797,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B2E8

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C124AD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B2E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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