#B9BBDA#B9BBDA

#B9BBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.044 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBDA
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 5.52, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 16.67, 289.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0094 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.044 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4300, 50.9163, 73.4870)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBDA #DAD8B9

analogous

#B9CCDA #B9BBDA #C8B9DA

triadic

#B9BBDA #DAB9BB #BBDAB9

tetradic

#B9BBDA #DAB9CC #DAD8B9 #B9DAC8

square

#B9BBDA #DAB9CC #DAD8B9 #B9DAC8

split-complementary

#B9BBDA #DAC8B9 #CCDAB9

monochromatic

#696DB0 #9194C5 #B9BBDA #E1E2EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B9BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBDA

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBDA	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.044 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe5',
    500: '#b9bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbda;
$custom-light: #cecfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.04367,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBDA

secondary

#B1AE86

accent

#A33CAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBDA

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

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