#B9BDCA#B9BDCA

#B9BDCA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.019 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDCA
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(226, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 1.14, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 7.10, 279.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0007 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.019 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8637, 50.9734, 63.1302)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDCA #CAC6B9

analogous

#B9C5CA #B9BDCA #BDB9CA

triadic

#B9BDCA #CAB9BD #BDCAB9

tetradic

#B9BDCA #CAB9C5 #CAC6B9 #B9CABD

square

#B9BDCA #CAB9C5 #CAC6B9 #B9CABD

split-complementary

#B9BDCA #CABDB9 #C5CAB9

monochromatic

#737B95 #969CB0 #B9BDCA #DCDEE4 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B9BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDCA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDCA	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)

#BABECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.019 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0da',
    500: '#b9bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdca;
$custom-light: #ced0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79921,
    "c": 0.0188,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDCA

secondary

#9E9989

accent

#864E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDCA

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

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