#B9BDCD#B9BDCD

#B9BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.023 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDCD
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 1.74, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 8.68, 281.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0019 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.023 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2223, 51.1168, 65.0191)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDCD #CDC9B9

analogous

#B9C7CD #B9BDCD #BFB9CD

triadic

#B9BDCD #CDB9BD #BDCDB9

tetradic

#B9BDCD #CDB9C7 #CDC9B9 #B9CDBF

square

#B9BDCD #CDB9C7 #CDC9B9 #B9CDBF

split-complementary

#B9BDCD #CDBFB9 #C7CDB9

monochromatic

#727A9A #959BB4 #B9BDCD #DDDFE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B9BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDCD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDCD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.023 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dc',
    500: '#b9bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdcd;
$custom-light: #ced0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.02293,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDCD

secondary

#A19D89

accent

#8B4B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDCD

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

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