#B9BDF5#B9BDF5

#B9BDF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.079 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9BDF5
RGBrgb(185, 189, 245)
HSLhsl(236, 75%, 84%)
HSVhsv(236, 24%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(24.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.05, 10.46, -28.13)
CIE-LCHlch(78.05, 30.01, 290.39°)
OKLaboklab(81.47% 0.0155 -0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(81.47% 0.079 281.3)
XYZxyz(54.6824, 53.3009, 93.7756)
Luminance0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BDF5 #F5F1B9
analogous
#B9DBF5 #B9BDF5 #D3B9F5
triadic
#B9BDF5 #F5B9BD #BDF5B9
tetradic
#B9BDF5 #F5B9DB #F5F1B9 #B9F5D3
square
#B9BDF5 #F5B9DB #F5F1B9 #B9F5D3
split-complementary
#B9BDF5 #F5D3B9 #DBF5B9
monochromatic
#4E58E6 #838BED #B9BDF5 #E4E6FB #E4E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#B9BDF5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66
#B9BDF5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDF5
11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BDF5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BDF51.001.8011.6611.66
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6621.001.001.00
##00000011.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEC3F7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABBFF4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ABC7D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.079 281.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0f8',
    500: '#b9bdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bdf5;
$custom-light: #cfd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BDF5
secondary
#D6D07C
accent
#CA0ED7
background
#FEFEFF
surface
#FBFBFF
border
#D4D4D7
text
#141417
muted
#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDF5

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#B9BDF5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva