#B9BCFF#B9BCFF

#B9BCFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.094 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCFF
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(237, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, 13.36, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 35.89, 291.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% 0.0198 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.094 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0361, 53.4994, 101.9624)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCFF #FFFCB9

analogous

#B9DFFF #B9BCFF #D9B9FF

triadic

#B9BCFF #FFB9BC #BCFFB9

tetradic

#B9BCFF #FFB9DF #FFFCB9 #B9FFD9

square

#B9BCFF #FFB9DF #FFFCB9 #B9FFD9

split-complementary

#B9BCFF #FFD9B9 #DFFFB9

monochromatic

#3F47FF #7C81FF #B9BCFF #E0E2FF #E0E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9BCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#B9BCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCFF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCFF	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.094 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ff',
    500: '#b9bcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcff;
$custom-light: #cfd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81678,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCFF

secondary

#E7E275

accent

#DC00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCFF

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

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