#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
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(236, 75%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(236, 24%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, 10.46, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 30.01, 290.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0155 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.079 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6824, 53.3009, 93.7756)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

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
##B9BDF5	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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