#B9BBDB#B9BBDB

#B9BBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.045 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBDB
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(236, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 5.73, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 17.21, 289.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0098 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.045 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5612, 50.9688, 74.1783)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBDB #DBD9B9

analogous

#B9CCDB #B9BBDB #C8B9DB

triadic

#B9BBDB #DBB9BB #BBDBB9

tetradic

#B9BBDB #DBB9CC #DBD9B9 #B9DBC8

square

#B9BBDB #DBB9CC #DBD9B9 #B9DBC8

split-complementary

#B9BBDB #DBC8B9 #CCDBB9

monochromatic

#686CB1 #9194C6 #B9BBDB #E1E2F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B9BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBDB

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBDB	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.045 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe6',
    500: '#b9bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbdb;
$custom-light: #cecfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80089,
    "c": 0.04508,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBDB

secondary

#B2B086

accent

#A43BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBDB

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

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