#B9BCD2#B9BCD2

#B9BCD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.031 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCD2
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(233, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 3.30, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 11.85, 286.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.0051 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.031 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6212, 50.9334, 68.1772)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCD2 #D2CFB9

analogous

#B9C9D2 #B9BCD2 #C3B9D2

triadic

#B9BCD2 #D2B9BC #BCD2B9

tetradic

#B9BCD2 #D2B9C9 #D2CFB9 #B9D2C3

square

#B9BCD2 #D2B9C9 #D2CFB9 #B9D2C3

split-complementary

#B9BCD2 #D2C3B9 #C9D2B9

monochromatic

#6E75A2 #9498BA #B9BCD2 #DEE0EA #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B9BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCD2

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCD2	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.031 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0df',
    500: '#b9bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcd2;
$custom-light: #ced0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.03112,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCD2

secondary

#A7A488

accent

#9545A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCD2

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

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