#B9BFDA#B9BFDA

#B9BFDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.039 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFDA
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(229, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 3.36, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 14.57, 283.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0038 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.039 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2904, 52.6371, 73.7738)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFDA #DAD4B9

analogous

#B9D0DA #B9BFDA #C4B9DA

triadic

#B9BFDA #DAB9BF #BFDAB9

tetradic

#B9BFDA #DAB9D0 #DAD4B9 #B9DAC4

square

#B9BFDA #DAB9D0 #DAD4B9 #B9DAC4

split-complementary

#B9BFDA #DAC4B9 #D0DAB9

monochromatic

#6976B0 #919AC5 #B9BFDA #E1E4EF #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#B9BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFDA

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFDA	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.039 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2e5',
    500: '#b9bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfda;
$custom-light: #ced2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80861,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFDA

secondary

#B1A986

accent

#963CAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFDA

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

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