#B9BBCB#B9BBCB

#B9BBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.023 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBCB
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(233, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 2.41, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 8.62, 286.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.004 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.023 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5552, 50.1664, 63.6134)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBCB #CBC9B9

analogous

#B9C4CB #B9BBCB #C0B9CB

triadic

#B9BBCB #CBB9BB #BBCBB9

tetradic

#B9BBCB #CBB9C4 #CBC9B9 #B9CBC0

square

#B9BBCB #CBB9C4 #CBC9B9 #B9CBC0

split-complementary

#B9BBCB #CBC0B9 #C4CBB9

monochromatic

#737797 #9699B1 #B9BBCB #DCDDE5 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B9BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBCB

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBCB	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.023 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfda',
    500: '#b9bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbcb;
$custom-light: #cecfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBCB

secondary

#9F9D89

accent

#904D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBCB

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

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