#B9BCDA#B9BCDA

#B9BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.042 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCDA
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(235, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 4.98, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 16.13, 287.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.008 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.042 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6428, 51.3421, 73.5580)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCDA #DAD7B9

analogous

#B9CDDA #B9BCDA #C7B9DA

triadic

#B9BCDA #DAB9BC #BCDAB9

tetradic

#B9BCDA #DAB9CD #DAD7B9 #B9DAC7

square

#B9BCDA #DAB9CD #DAD7B9 #B9DAC7

split-complementary

#B9BCDA #DAC7B9 #CDDAB9

monochromatic

#696FB0 #9196C5 #B9BCDA #E1E2EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#B9BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCDA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCDA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.042 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0e5',
    500: '#b9bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcda;
$custom-light: #ced0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.04234,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCDA

secondary

#B1AD86

accent

#A03CAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCDA

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

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