#B9BBCE#B9BBCE

#B9BBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.027 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBCE
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(234, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, 3.02, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 10.23, 287.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0051 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.027 281)
XYZ	xyz(48.9162, 50.3108, 65.5144)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBCE #CECCB9

analogous

#B9C6CE #B9BBCE #C2B9CE

triadic

#B9BBCE #CEB9BB #BBCEB9

tetradic

#B9BBCE #CEB9C6 #CECCB9 #B9CEC2

square

#B9BBCE #CEB9C6 #CECCB9 #B9CEC2

split-complementary

#B9BBCE #CEC2B9 #C6CEB9

monochromatic

#71759C #9598B5 #B9BBCE #DDDEE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B9BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBCE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBCE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.027 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfdd',
    500: '#b9bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbce;
$custom-light: #cecfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79643,
    "c": 0.02679,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.50311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBCE

secondary

#A3A089

accent

#944A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBCE

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

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