#B9B6CF#B9B6CF

#B9B6CF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.035 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B6CF
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(247, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(247, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 5.93, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 13.57, 295.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0127 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.035 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9957, 48.2749, 65.8088)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B6CF #CCCFB6

analogous

#B6C0CF #B9B6CF #C6B6CF

triadic

#B9B6CF #CFB9B6 #B6CFB9

tetradic

#B9B6CF #CFB6C0 #CCCFB6 #B6CFC6

square

#B9B6CF #CFB6C0 #CCCFB6 #B6CFC6

split-complementary

#B9B6CF #CFC6B6 #C0CFB6

monochromatic

#726C9E #9691B7 #B9B6CF #DCDBE7 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B9B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B6CF

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B6CF	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.035 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbdd',
    500: '#b9b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b6cf;
$custom-light: #cecbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 20.661,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78666,
    "c": 0.03526,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B6CF

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F4694

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B6CF

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

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