#B9BEE2#B9BEE2

#B9BEE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.051 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEE2
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(233, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(233, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 5.63, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 19.34, 286.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.008 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.051 279)
XYZ	xyz(52.1453, 52.6314, 79.3483)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEE2 #E2DDB9

analogous

#B9D2E2 #B9BEE2 #C8B9E2

triadic

#B9BEE2 #E2B9BE #BEE2B9

tetradic

#B9BEE2 #E2B9D2 #E2DDB9 #B9E2C8

square

#B9BEE2 #E2B9D2 #E2DDB9 #B9E2C8

split-complementary

#B9BEE2 #E2C8B9 #D2E2B9

monochromatic

#626EBE #8E96D0 #B9BEE2 #E4E6F4 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#B9BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEE2

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEE2	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.051 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1eb',
    500: '#b9bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bee2;
$custom-light: #ced1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.683,
    "s": 41.414,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80942,
    "c": 0.05097,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.52632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEE2

secondary

#BBB584

accent

#A431B4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEE2

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

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