#B9BBCC#B9BBCC

#B9BBCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.024 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBCC
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, 2.61, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 9.16, 286.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0044 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.024 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6748, 50.2142, 64.2430)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBCC #CCCAB9

analogous

#B9C5CC #B9BBCC #C1B9CC

triadic

#B9BBCC #CCB9BB #BBCCB9

tetradic

#B9BBCC #CCB9C5 #CCCAB9 #B9CCC1

square

#B9BBCC #CCB9C5 #CCCAB9 #B9CCC1

split-complementary

#B9BBCC #CCC1B9 #C5CCB9

monochromatic

#727698 #9699B2 #B9BBCC #DCDDE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B9BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBCC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBCC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.024 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfdb',
    500: '#b9bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbcc;
$custom-light: #cecfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.02398,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBCC

secondary

#A09E89

accent

#924C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBCC

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

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