#B9BDEA#B9BDEA

#B9BDEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.063 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDEA
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(235, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, 7.94, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 24.14, 289.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.012 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.063 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0528, 52.6490, 85.1931)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDEA #EAE6B9

analogous

#B9D6EA #B9BDEA #CEB9EA

triadic

#B9BDEA #EAB9BD #BDEAB9

tetradic

#B9BDEA #EAB9D6 #EAE6B9 #B9EACE

square

#B9BDEA #EAB9D6 #EAE6B9 #B9EACE

split-complementary

#B9BDEA #EACEB9 #D6EAB9

monochromatic

#5B64CE #8A91DC #B9BDEA #E7E9F8 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9BDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#B9BDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDEA

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDEA	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.063 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0f0',
    500: '#b9bdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdea;
$custom-light: #ced0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81039,
    "c": 0.06348,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDEA

secondary

#C6C081

accent

#B424C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDEA

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

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