#B9BDCF#B9BDCF

#B9BDCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.026 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BDCF
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(229, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(229, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 2.15, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 9.74, 282.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0026 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.026 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4653, 51.2140, 66.2987)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BDCF #CFCBB9

analogous

#B9C8CF #B9BDCF #C0B9CF

triadic

#B9BDCF #CFB9BD #BDCFB9

tetradic

#B9BDCF #CFB9C8 #CFCBB9 #B9CFC0

square

#B9BDCF #CFB9C8 #CFCBB9 #B9CFC0

split-complementary

#B9BDCF #CFC0B9 #C8CFB9

monochromatic

#70799D #959BB6 #B9BDCF #DDDFE8 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B9BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BDCF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BDCF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.026 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dd',
    500: '#b9bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bdcf;
$custom-light: #ced0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 18.644,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.02569,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BDCF

secondary

#A49F88

accent

#8E499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BDCF

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

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