#B9BFEC#B9BFEC

#B9BFEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.064 H 278.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFEC
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 236)
HSL	hsl(233, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, 7.31, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 24.13, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.0099 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.064 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7750, 53.6310, 86.8592)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFEC #ECE6B9

analogous

#B9D9EC #B9BFEC #CCB9EC

triadic

#B9BFEC #ECB9BF #BFECB9

tetradic

#B9BFEC #ECB9D9 #ECE6B9 #B9ECCC

square

#B9BFEC #ECB9D9 #ECE6B9 #B9ECCC

split-complementary

#B9BFEC #ECCCB9 #D9ECB9

monochromatic

#5967D2 #8993DF #B9BFEC #E7E9F8 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9BFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B9BFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFEC

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFEC	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.064 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2f2',
    500: '#b9bfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfec;
$custom-light: #ced2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81512,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFEC

secondary

#C9C080

accent

#B221C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFEC

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

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