#B9BDCB#B9BDCB

#B9BDCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.020 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDCB
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(227, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 1.34, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 7.63, 280.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.0011 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.02 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9825, 51.0209, 63.7558)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDCB #CBC7B9

analogous

#B9C6CB #B9BDCB #BEB9CB

triadic

#B9BDCB #CBB9BD #BDCBB9

tetradic

#B9BDCB #CBB9C6 #CBC7B9 #B9CBBE

square

#B9BDCB #CBB9C6 #CBC7B9 #B9CBBE

split-complementary

#B9BDCB #CBBEB9 #C6CBB9

monochromatic

#737B97 #969CB1 #B9BDCB #DCDEE5 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#B9BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDCB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDCB	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.020 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0da',
    500: '#b9bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdcb;
$custom-light: #ced0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.02018,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDCB

secondary

#9F9A89

accent

#884D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDCB

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

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