#B9BEEC#B9BEEC

#B9BEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.065 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEEC
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(234, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 7.85, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 24.67, 288.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% 0.0113 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.065 280)
XYZ	xyz(53.5576, 53.1963, 86.7868)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEEC #ECE7B9

analogous

#B9D7EC #B9BEEC #CEB9EC

triadic

#B9BEEC #ECB9BE #BEECB9

tetradic

#B9BEEC #ECB9D7 #ECE7B9 #B9ECCE

square

#B9BEEC #ECB9D7 #ECE7B9 #B9ECCE

split-complementary

#B9BEEC #ECCEB9 #D7ECB9

monochromatic

#5965D2 #8991DF #B9BEEC #E7E9F8 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#B9BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEEC

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEEC	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.065 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1f2',
    500: '#b9beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beec;
$custom-light: #ced1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.118,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81313,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.53197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEEC

secondary

#C9C280

accent

#B521C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEEC

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

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