#B9BAEE#B9BAEE

#B9BAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.073 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BAEE
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 10.48, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 27.95, 292.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0174 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.073 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9953, 51.6042, 88.0409)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BAEE #EEEDB9

analogous

#B9D4EE #B9BAEE #D2B9EE

triadic

#B9BAEE #EEB9BA #BAEEB9

tetradic

#B9BAEE #EEB9D4 #EEEDB9 #B9EED2

square

#B9BAEE #EEB9D4 #EEEDB9 #B9EED2

split-complementary

#B9BAEE #EED2B9 #D4EEB9

monochromatic

#5759D6 #8889E2 #B9BAEE #E6E7F9 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B9BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BAEE

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BAEE	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.073 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecef3',
    500: '#b9baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9baee;
$custom-light: #cecef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.868,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80599,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BAEE

secondary

#CCCA7F

accent

#C51DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BAEE

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

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