#B9BCED#B9BCED

#B9BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.069 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCED
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(237, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 9.16, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 26.29, 290.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% 0.0143 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.069 282)
XYZ	xyz(53.2731, 52.3942, 87.4107)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCED #EDEAB9

analogous

#B9D6ED #B9BCED #D0B9ED

triadic

#B9BCED #EDB9BC #BCEDB9

tetradic

#B9BCED #EDB9D6 #EDEAB9 #B9EDD0

square

#B9BCED #EDB9D6 #EDEAB9 #B9EDD0

split-complementary

#B9BCED #EDD0B9 #D6EDB9

monochromatic

#585FD4 #888DE0 #B9BCED #E7E8F9 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#B9BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCED

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCED	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.069 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0f3',
    500: '#b9bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bced;
$custom-light: #ced0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80955,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.52395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCED

secondary

#CAC680

accent

#BD1FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCED

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

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