#B9BBCA#B9BBCA

#B9BBCA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.021 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBCA
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(233, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 2.21, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 8.09, 285.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0036 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.021 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4364, 50.1189, 62.9878)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBCA #CAC8B9

analogous

#B9C3CA #B9BBCA #BFB9CA

triadic

#B9BBCA #CAB9BB #BBCAB9

tetradic

#B9BBCA #CAB9C3 #CAC8B9 #B9CABF

square

#B9BBCA #CAB9C3 #CAC8B9 #B9CABF

split-complementary

#B9BBCA #CABFB9 #C3CAB9

monochromatic

#737795 #9699B0 #B9BBCA #DCDDE4 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBCA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBCA	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.021 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfda',
    500: '#b9bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbca;
$custom-light: #cecfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79512,
    "c": 0.02118,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBCA

secondary

#9E9C89

accent

#8F4E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBCA

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

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