#B9BEEB#B9BEEB

#B9BEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.064 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEEB
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(234, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 7.62, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 24.13, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0109 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.064 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4127, 53.1384, 86.0238)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEEB #EBE6B9

analogous

#B9D7EB #B9BEEB #CDB9EB

triadic

#B9BEEB #EBB9BE #BEEBB9

tetradic

#B9BEEB #EBB9D7 #EBE6B9 #B9EBCD

square

#B9BEEB #EBB9D7 #EBE6B9 #B9EBCD

split-complementary

#B9BEEB #EBCDB9 #D7EBB9

monochromatic

#5A66D0 #8992DD #B9BEEB #E7E9F8 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#B9BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEEB

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEEB	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.064 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1f1',
    500: '#b9beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beeb;
$custom-light: #ced1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81275,
    "c": 0.06357,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEEB

secondary

#C7C081

accent

#B322C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEEB

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

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