#B9BBDF#B9BBDF

#B9BBDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.051 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBDF
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(237, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 6.60, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 19.35, 289.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0111 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.051 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0941, 51.1820, 76.9850)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBDF #DFDDB9

analogous

#B9CEDF #B9BBDF #CAB9DF

triadic

#B9BBDF #DFB9BB #BBDFB9

tetradic

#B9BBDF #DFB9CE #DFDDB9 #B9DFCA

square

#B9BBDF #DFB9CE #DFDDB9 #B9DFCA

split-complementary

#B9BBDF #DFCAB9 #CEDFB9

monochromatic

#6569B9 #8F92CC #B9BBDF #E3E4F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B9BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBDF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBDF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.051 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe9',
    500: '#b9bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbdf;
$custom-light: #cecfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80232,
    "c": 0.05071,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBDF

secondary

#B7B585

accent

#AA35B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBDF

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

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