#B9B9EA#B9B9EA

#B9B9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.069 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B9EA
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 10.12, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 26.37, 292.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0175 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.069 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2043, 50.9519, 84.9103)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B9EA #EAEAB9

analogous

#B9D2EA #B9B9EA #D2B9EA

triadic

#B9B9EA #EAB9B9 #B9EAB9

tetradic

#B9B9EA #EAB9D2 #EAEAB9 #B9EAD2

square

#B9B9EA #EAB9D2 #EAEAB9 #B9EAD2

split-complementary

#B9B9EA #EAD2B9 #D2EAB9

monochromatic

#5B5BCE #8A8ADC #B9B9EA #E7E7F8 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9B9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B9B9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B9EA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B9EA	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.069 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecef0',
    500: '#b9b9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b9ea;
$custom-light: #cecef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80247,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B9EA

secondary

#C6C681

accent

#C124C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B9EA

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

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