#B9B4E8#B9B4E8

#B9B4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.073 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B4E8
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(246, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(246, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, 12.41, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 28.18, 296.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0239 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.073 289)
XYZ	xyz(50.8909, 48.7823, 83.0630)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B4E8 #E3E8B4

analogous

#B4C9E8 #B9B4E8 #D3B4E8

triadic

#B9B4E8 #E8B9B4 #B4E8B9

tetradic

#B9B4E8 #E8B4C9 #E3E8B4 #B4E8D3

square

#B9B4E8 #E8B4C9 #E3E8B4 #B4E8D3

split-complementary

#B9B4E8 #E8D3B4 #C9E8B4

monochromatic

#6256CB #8D85DA #B9B4E8 #E5E3F6 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B9B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B4E8

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B4E8	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.073 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecaef',
    500: '#b9b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b4e8;
$custom-light: #cecaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.769,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79187,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.48783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B4E8

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C025B2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B4E8

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

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