#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
RGBrgb(185, 186, 238)
HSLhsl(239, 61%, 83%)
HSVhsv(239, 22%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.04, 10.48, -25.91)
CIE-LCHlch(77.04, 27.95, 292.03°)
OKLaboklab(80.6% 0.0174 -0.071)
OKLCHoklch(80.6% 0.073 283.8)
XYZxyz(52.9953, 51.6042, 88.0409)
Luminance0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##B9BAEE1.001.8511.3211.32
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3221.001.001.00
##00000011.3221.001.001.00

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

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#B9BAEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva