#B9BECD#B9BECD

#B9BECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.022 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BECD
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(225, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 1.20, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 8.21, 278.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% 0.0004 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.022 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4382, 51.5485, 65.0910)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BECD #CDC8B9

analogous

#B9C8CD #B9BECD #BEB9CD

triadic

#B9BECD #CDB9BE #BECDB9

tetradic

#B9BECD #CDB9C8 #CDC8B9 #B9CDBE

square

#B9BECD #CDB9C8 #CDC8B9 #B9CDBE

split-complementary

#B9BECD #CDBEB9 #C8CDB9

monochromatic

#727C9A #959DB4 #B9BECD #DDDFE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B9BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BECD

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BECD	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.022 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1dc',
    500: '#b9becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9becd;
$custom-light: #ced1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80222,
    "c": 0.02181,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BECD

secondary

#A19B89

accent

#874B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BECD

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

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