#B9B6EA#B9B6EA

#B9B6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.073 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B6EA
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(243, 55%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 11.76, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 28.09, 294.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0217 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.073 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5833, 49.7099, 84.7033)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B6EA #E7EAB6

analogous

#B6CDEA #B9B6EA #D3B6EA

triadic

#B9B6EA #EAB9B6 #B6EAB9

tetradic

#B9B6EA #EAB6CD #E7EAB6 #B6EAD3

square

#B9B6EA #EAB6CD #E7EAB6 #B6EAD3

split-complementary

#B9B6EA #EAD3B6 #CDEAB6

monochromatic

#5E57CF #8B86DC #B9B6EA #E7E6F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9B6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B9B6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B6EA

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B6EA	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.073 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbf0',
    500: '#b9b6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b6ea;
$custom-light: #cecbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.462,
    "s": 55.319,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79657,
    "c": 0.0732,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B6EA

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C323BA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B6EA

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

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