#B9BEF5#B9BEF5

#B9BEF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.078 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEF5
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 245)
HSL	hsl(235, 75%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(235, 24%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 9.91, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 29.46, 289.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.0141 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.078 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8983, 53.7326, 93.8475)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEF5 #F5F0B9

analogous

#B9DCF5 #B9BEF5 #D2B9F5

triadic

#B9BEF5 #F5B9BE #BEF5B9

tetradic

#B9BEF5 #F5B9DC #F5F0B9 #B9F5D2

square

#B9BEF5 #F5B9DC #F5F0B9 #B9F5D2

split-complementary

#B9BEF5 #F5D2B9 #DCF5B9

monochromatic

#4E5BE6 #838CED #B9BEF5 #E4E6FB #E4E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9BEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#B9BEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEF5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEF5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC4F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.078 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1f8',
    500: '#b9bef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bef5;
$custom-light: #cfd1f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81662,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEF5

secondary

#D6CF7C

accent

#C60ED7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEF5

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

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