#B9B9EF#B9B9EF

#B9B9EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.076 H 284.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B9EF
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 11.26, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 29.05, 292.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0191 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.076 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9327, 51.2433, 88.7468)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B9EF #EFEFB9

analogous

#B9D4EF #B9B9EF #D4B9EF

triadic

#B9B9EF #EFB9B9 #B9EFB9

tetradic

#B9B9EF #EFB9D4 #EFEFB9 #B9EFD4

square

#B9B9EF #EFB9D4 #EFEFB9 #B9EFD4

split-complementary

#B9B9EF #EFD4B9 #D4EFB9

monochromatic

#5555D8 #8787E4 #B9B9EF #E6E6F9 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9B9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#B9B9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B9EF

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B9EF	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.076 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecef4',
    500: '#b9b9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b9ef;
$custom-light: #cecef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80442,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B9EF

secondary

#CDCD7F

accent

#CB1BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B9EF

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

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