#B9BEE3#B9BEE3

#B9BEE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.052 H 279.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEE3
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(233, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 5.85, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 19.87, 287.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0083 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.052 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2829, 52.6864, 80.0731)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEE3 #E3DEB9

analogous

#B9D3E3 #B9BEE3 #C9B9E3

triadic

#B9BEE3 #E3B9BE #BEE3B9

tetradic

#B9BEE3 #E3B9D3 #E3DEB9 #B9E3C9

square

#B9BEE3 #E3B9D3 #E3DEB9 #B9E3C9

split-complementary

#B9BEE3 #E3C9B9 #D3E3B9

monochromatic

#626DC0 #8D95D2 #B9BEE3 #E5E7F4 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#B9BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEE3

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEE3	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.052 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1eb',
    500: '#b9bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bee3;
$custom-light: #ced1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80978,
    "c": 0.05237,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEE3

secondary

#BDB684

accent

#A630B6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEE3

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

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