#B9BBCD#B9BBCD

#B9BBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.025 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBCD
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(234, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 2.82, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 9.70, 286.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0047 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.025 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7951, 50.2623, 64.8767)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBCD #CDCBB9

analogous

#B9C5CD #B9BBCD #C1B9CD

triadic

#B9BBCD #CDB9BB #BBCDB9

tetradic

#B9BBCD #CDB9C5 #CDCBB9 #B9CDC1

square

#B9BBCD #CDB9C5 #CDCBB9 #B9CDC1

split-complementary

#B9BBCD #CDC1B9 #C5CDB9

monochromatic

#72769A #9598B4 #B9BBCD #DDDEE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B9BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBCD

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBCD	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.025 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfdc',
    500: '#b9bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbcd;
$custom-light: #cecfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7961,
    "c": 0.02539,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBCD

secondary

#A19F89

accent

#934B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBCD

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

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