#B9B8EA#B9B8EA

#B9B8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.070 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B8EA
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(241, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 10.67, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 26.94, 293.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0189 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.07 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9958, 50.5350, 84.8408)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B8EA #E9EAB8

analogous

#B8D0EA #B9B8EA #D2B8EA

triadic

#B9B8EA #EAB9B8 #B8EAB9

tetradic

#B9B8EA #EAB8D0 #E9EAB8 #B8EAD2

square

#B9B8EA #EAB8D0 #E9EAB8 #B8EAD2

split-complementary

#B9B8EA #EAD2B8 #D0EAB8

monochromatic

#5C5ACE #8A89DC #B9B8EA #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B9B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B8EA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B8EA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.070 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdf0',
    500: '#b9b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b8ea;
$custom-light: #cecdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8005,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B8EA

secondary

#C5C680

accent

#C224BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#131316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B8EA

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

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