#B9BBC8#B9BBC8

#B9BBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.018 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBC8
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(232, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(232, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 1.81, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 7.02, 284.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.0029 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.018 279)
XYZ	xyz(48.2012, 50.0248, 61.7487)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBC8 #C8C6B9

analogous

#B9C2C8 #B9BBC8 #BEB9C8

triadic

#B9BBC8 #C8B9BB #BBC8B9

tetradic

#B9BBC8 #C8B9C2 #C8C6B9 #B9C8BE

square

#B9BBC8 #C8B9C2 #C8C6B9 #B9C8BE

split-complementary

#B9BBC8 #C8BEB9 #C2C8B9

monochromatic

#747892 #979AAD #B9BBC8 #DBDCE3 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBC8

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBC8	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.018 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd8',
    500: '#b9bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbc8;
$custom-light: #cecfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79448,
    "c": 0.01839,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.50025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBC8

secondary

#9C9989

accent

#8D4F96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBC8

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

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