#B9BCF5#B9BCF5

#B9BCF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.080 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCF5
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 245)
HSL	hsl(237, 75%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(237, 24%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 11.00, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 30.56, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0168 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.08 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4681, 52.8721, 93.7041)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCF5 #F5F2B9

analogous

#B9DAF5 #B9BCF5 #D4B9F5

triadic

#B9BCF5 #F5B9BC #BCF5B9

tetradic

#B9BCF5 #F5B9DA #F5F2B9 #B9F5D4

square

#B9BCF5 #F5B9DA #F5F2B9 #B9F5D4

split-complementary

#B9BCF5 #F5D4B9 #DAF5B9

monochromatic

#4E55E6 #8389ED #B9BCF5 #E4E5FB #E4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9BCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#B9BCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCF5

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCF5	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.080 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0f8',
    500: '#b9bcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcf5;
$custom-light: #cfd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81269,
    "c": 0.08021,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCF5

secondary

#D6D27C

accent

#CD0ED7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCF5

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

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