#B9BCCE#B9BCCE

#B9BCCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.026 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCCE
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 2.48, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 9.71, 284.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0037 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.026 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1291, 50.7365, 65.5854)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCCE #CECBB9

analogous

#B9C7CE #B9BCCE #C1B9CE

triadic

#B9BCCE #CEB9BC #BCCEB9

tetradic

#B9BCCE #CEB9C7 #CECBB9 #B9CEC1

square

#B9BCCE #CEB9C7 #CECBB9 #B9CEC1

split-complementary

#B9BCCE #CEC1B9 #C7CEB9

monochromatic

#71779C #959AB5 #B9BCCE #DDDEE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B9BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCCE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCCE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.026 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dd',
    500: '#b9bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcce;
$custom-light: #ced0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79847,
    "c": 0.02552,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCCE

secondary

#A39F89

accent

#904A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCCE

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

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