#B9BFEF#B9BFEF

#B9BFEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.068 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFEF
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(233, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(233, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 7.99, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 25.72, 288.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% 0.0109 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.068 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2145, 53.8068, 89.1740)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFEF #EFE9B9

analogous

#B9DAEF #B9BFEF #CEB9EF

triadic

#B9BFEF #EFB9BF #BFEFB9

tetradic

#B9BFEF #EFB9DA #EFE9B9 #B9EFCE

square

#B9BFEF #EFB9DA #EFE9B9 #B9EFCE

split-complementary

#B9BFEF #EFCEB9 #DAEFB9

monochromatic

#5564D8 #8791E4 #B9BFEF #E6E8F9 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B9BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFEF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFEF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.068 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2f4',
    500: '#b9bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfef;
$custom-light: #ced2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81626,
    "c": 0.06785,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFEF

secondary

#CDC47F

accent

#B71BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFEF

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

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