#B9BBDD#B9BBDD

#B9BBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.048 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBDD
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(237, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 6.16, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 18.28, 289.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0104 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.048 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8261, 51.0747, 75.5733)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBDD #DDDBB9

analogous

#B9CDDD #B9BBDD #C9B9DD

triadic

#B9BBDD #DDB9BB #BBDDB9

tetradic

#B9BBDD #DDB9CD #DDDBB9 #B9DDC9

square

#B9BBDD #DDB9CD #DDDBB9 #B9DDC9

split-complementary

#B9BBDD #DDC9B9 #CDDDB9

monochromatic

#676BB5 #9093C9 #B9BBDD #E2E3F1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B9BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBDD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBDD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.048 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe7',
    500: '#b9bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbdd;
$custom-light: #cecfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8016,
    "c": 0.04789,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBDD

secondary

#B5B285

accent

#A738AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBDD

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

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