#B9BDFD#B9BDFD

#B9BDFD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.090 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDFD
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 253)
HSL	hsl(236, 94%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, 12.33, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 34.26, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% 0.0178 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.09 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9302, 53.8000, 100.3471)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDFD #FDF9B9

analogous

#B9DFFD #B9BDFD #D7B9FD

triadic

#B9BDFD #FDB9BD #BDFDB9

tetradic

#B9BDFD #FDB9DF #FDF9B9 #B9FDD7

square

#B9BDFD #FDB9DF #FDF9B9 #B9FDD7

split-complementary

#B9BDFD #FDD7B9 #DFFDB9

monochromatic

#424DFA #7D85FB #B9BDFD #E1E3FE #E1E3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9BDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B9BDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDFD

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDFD	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8C0FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.090 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0fe',
    500: '#b9bdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdfd;
$custom-light: #cfd0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81789,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDFD

secondary

#E3DD77

accent

#D800E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDFD

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

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