#B9BBEC#B9BBEC

#B9BBEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.069 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBEC
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(238, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 9.48, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 26.31, 291.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0154 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.069 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9145, 51.9101, 86.5724)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBEC #ECEAB9

analogous

#B9D4EC #B9BBEC #D0B9EC

triadic

#B9BBEC #ECB9BB #BBECB9

tetradic

#B9BBEC #ECB9D4 #ECEAB9 #B9ECD0

square

#B9BBEC #ECB9D4 #ECEAB9 #B9ECD0

split-complementary

#B9BBEC #ECD0B9 #D4ECB9

monochromatic

#595DD2 #898CDF #B9BBEC #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9BBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B9BBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBEC

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBEC	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.069 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecff2',
    500: '#b9bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbec;
$custom-light: #cecff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.647,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80719,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBEC

secondary

#C9C680

accent

#BE21C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBEC

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

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