#B9BEED#B9BEED

#B9BEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.066 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEED
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 237)
HSL	hsl(234, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(234, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 8.08, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 25.20, 288.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.0116 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.066 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7033, 53.2546, 87.5541)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEED #EDE8B9

analogous

#B9D8ED #B9BEED #CEB9ED

triadic

#B9BEED #EDB9BE #BEEDB9

tetradic

#B9BEED #EDB9D8 #EDE8B9 #B9EDCE

square

#B9BEED #EDB9D8 #EDE8B9 #B9EDCE

split-complementary

#B9BEED #EDCEB9 #D8EDB9

monochromatic

#5864D4 #8891E0 #B9BEED #E7E8F9 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9BEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#B9BEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEED

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEED	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.066 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1f3',
    500: '#b9beed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beed;
$custom-light: #ced1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.06636,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEED

secondary

#CAC380

accent

#B71FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEED

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

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