#B9BBDC#B9BBDC

#B9BBDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.046 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBDC
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(237, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(237, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 5.95, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 17.74, 289.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0101 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.046 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6933, 51.0216, 74.8737)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBDC #DCDAB9

analogous

#B9CDDC #B9BBDC #C9B9DC

triadic

#B9BBDC #DCB9BB #BBDCB9

tetradic

#B9BBDC #DCB9CD #DCDAB9 #B9DCC9

square

#B9BBDC #DCB9CD #DCDAB9 #B9DCC9

split-complementary

#B9BBDC #DCC9B9 #CDDCB9

monochromatic

#676CB3 #9093C8 #B9BBDC #E2E3F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#B9BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBDC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBDC	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.046 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe7',
    500: '#b9bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbdc;
$custom-light: #cecfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.571,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80125,
    "c": 0.04648,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBDC

secondary

#B4B186

accent

#A639AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBDC

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

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