#B9BDCC#B9BDCC

#B9BDCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.022 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDCC
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 1.54, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 8.15, 280.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0015 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.022 274)
XYZ	xyz(49.1020, 51.0687, 64.3854)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDCC #CCC8B9

analogous

#B9C7CC #B9BDCC #BFB9CC

triadic

#B9BDCC #CCB9BD #BDCCB9

tetradic

#B9BDCC #CCB9C7 #CCC8B9 #B9CCBF

square

#B9BDCC #CCB9C7 #CCC8B9 #B9CCBF

split-complementary

#B9BDCC #CCBFB9 #C7CCB9

monochromatic

#727A98 #969CB2 #B9BDCC #DCDEE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#B9BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDCC

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDCC	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.022 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0db',
    500: '#b9bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdcc;
$custom-light: #ced0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79985,
    "c": 0.02155,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.51069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDCC

secondary

#A09B89

accent

#894C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDCC

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

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