#B9BECC#B9BECC

#B9BECC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.020 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BECC
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(224, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 1.00, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 7.69, 277.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0001 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.02 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3179, 51.5004, 64.4574)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BECC #CCC7B9

analogous

#B9C8CC #B9BECC #BEB9CC

triadic

#B9BECC #CCB9BE #BECCB9

tetradic

#B9BECC #CCB9C8 #CCC7B9 #B9CCBE

square

#B9BECC #CCB9C8 #CCC7B9 #B9CCBE

split-complementary

#B9BECC #CCBEB9 #C8CCB9

monochromatic

#727C98 #969DB2 #B9BECC #DCDFE6 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#B9BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BECC

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BECC	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.020 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1db',
    500: '#b9becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9becc;
$custom-light: #ced1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80189,
    "c": 0.02046,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BECC

secondary

#A09A89

accent

#854C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BECC

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

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