#B9BCDB#B9BCDB

#B9BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.044 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCDB
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(235, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, 5.19, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 16.67, 288.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0083 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.044 281)
XYZ	xyz(50.7741, 51.3946, 74.2492)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCDB #DBD8B9

analogous

#B9CDDB #B9BCDB #C7B9DB

triadic

#B9BCDB #DBB9BC #BCDBB9

tetradic

#B9BCDB #DBB9CD #DBD8B9 #B9DBC7

square

#B9BCDB #DBB9CD #DBD8B9 #B9DBC7

split-complementary

#B9BCDB #DBC7B9 #CDDBB9

monochromatic

#686FB1 #9195C6 #B9BCDB #E1E3F0 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B9BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCDB

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCDB	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.044 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0e6',
    500: '#b9bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcdb;
$custom-light: #ced0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8029,
    "c": 0.04374,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.51395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCDB

secondary

#B2AE86

accent

#A13BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCDB

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

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