#B9BEFE#B9BEFE

#B9BEFE is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.090 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEFE
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 254)
HSL	hsl(236, 97%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, 12.02, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 34.24, 290.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% 0.0168 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.09 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3057, 54.2956, 101.2602)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEFE #FEF9B9

analogous

#B9E0FE #B9BEFE #D6B9FE

triadic

#B9BEFE #FEB9BE #BEFEB9

tetradic

#B9BEFE #FEB9E0 #FEF9B9 #B9FED6

square

#B9BEFE #FEB9E0 #FEF9B9 #B9FED6

split-complementary

#B9BEFE #FED6B9 #E0FEB9

monochromatic

#404EFC #7D86FD #B9BEFE #E1E3FF #E1E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9BEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#B9BEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEFE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEFE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8CAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9befe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.090 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ff',
    500: '#b9befe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9befe;
$custom-light: #cfd1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9befe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82026,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEFE

secondary

#E5DD76

accent

#D500E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEFE

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

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