#B9BCDF#B9BCDF

#B9BCDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.049 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCDF
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(235, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 6.06, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 18.81, 288.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0097 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.049 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3070, 51.6077, 77.0559)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCDF #DFDCB9

analogous

#B9CFDF #B9BCDF #C9B9DF

triadic

#B9BCDF #DFB9BC #BCDFB9

tetradic

#B9BCDF #DFB9CF #DFDCB9 #B9DFC9

square

#B9BCDF #DFB9CF #DFDCB9 #B9DFC9

split-complementary

#B9BCDF #DFC9B9 #CFDFB9

monochromatic

#656CB9 #8F94CC #B9BCDF #E3E4F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B9BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCDF

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCDF	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.049 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0e9',
    500: '#b9bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcdf;
$custom-light: #ced0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80433,
    "c": 0.04937,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCDF

secondary

#B7B385

accent

#A635B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCDF

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

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