#B9BDFF#B9BDFF

#B9BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDFF
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(237, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, 12.81, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 35.33, 291.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% 0.0184 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.093 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2504, 53.9281, 102.0339)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDFF #FFFBB9

analogous

#B9E0FF #B9BDFF #D8B9FF

triadic

#B9BDFF #FFB9BD #BDFFB9

tetradic

#B9BDFF #FFB9E0 #FFFBB9 #B9FFD8

square

#B9BDFF #FFB9E0 #FFFBB9 #B9FFD8

split-complementary

#B9BDFF #FFD8B9 #E0FFB9

monochromatic

#3F4AFF #7C83FF #B9BDFF #E0E2FF #E0E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B9BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDFF

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDFF	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7C0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ff',
    500: '#b9bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdff;
$custom-light: #cfd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81872,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDFF

secondary

#E7E075

accent

#D800E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDFF

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

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