#B9B4E7#B9B4E7

#B9B4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.072 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B4E7
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(246, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 12.18, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 27.65, 296.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0236 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.072 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7493, 48.7257, 82.3171)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B4E7 #E2E7B4

analogous

#B4C8E7 #B9B4E7 #D2B4E7

triadic

#B9B4E7 #E7B9B4 #B4E7B9

tetradic

#B9B4E7 #E7B4C8 #E2E7B4 #B4E7D2

square

#B9B4E7 #E7B4C8 #E2E7B4 #B4E7D2

split-complementary

#B9B4E7 #E7D2B4 #C8E7B4

monochromatic

#6257C9 #8E86D8 #B9B4E7 #E4E2F6 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B9B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B4E7

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B4E7	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.072 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecaee',
    500: '#b9b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b4e7;
$custom-light: #cecaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.882,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79148,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B4E7

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#BF27B0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B4E7

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

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