#B9BEEF#B9BEEF

#B9BEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.069 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEEF
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(234, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 8.53, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 26.26, 288.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0122 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.069 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9971, 53.3721, 89.1016)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEEF #EFEAB9

analogous

#B9D9EF #B9BEEF #CFB9EF

triadic

#B9BEEF #EFB9BE #BEEFB9

tetradic

#B9BEEF #EFB9D9 #EFEAB9 #B9EFCF

square

#B9BEEF #EFB9D9 #EFEAB9 #B9EFCF

split-complementary

#B9BEEF #EFCFB9 #D9EFB9

monochromatic

#5561D8 #8790E4 #B9BEEF #E6E8F9 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9BEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#B9BEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEEF

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEEF	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.069 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1f4',
    500: '#b9beef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beef;
$custom-light: #ced1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81428,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEEF

secondary

#CDC67F

accent

#BA1BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEEF

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

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