#B9BDEE#B9BDEE

#B9BDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.069 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDEE
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 8.85, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 26.28, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0133 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.069 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6340, 52.8815, 88.2537)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDEE #EEEAB9

analogous

#B9D7EE #B9BDEE #CFB9EE

triadic

#B9BDEE #EEB9BD #BDEEB9

tetradic

#B9BDEE #EEB9D7 #EEEAB9 #B9EECF

square

#B9BDEE #EEB9D7 #EEEAB9 #B9EECF

split-complementary

#B9BDEE #EECFB9 #D7EEB9

monochromatic

#5760D6 #888FE2 #B9BDEE #E6E8F9 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#B9BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDEE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDEE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.069 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0f3',
    500: '#b9bdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdee;
$custom-light: #ced0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.472,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.06908,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDEE

secondary

#CCC67F

accent

#BC1DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDEE

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

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