#B9BECE#B9BECE

#B9BECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.023 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BECE
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(226, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 1.41, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 8.73, 279.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0008 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.023 272)
XYZ	xyz(49.5593, 51.5970, 65.7288)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BECE #CEC9B9

analogous

#B9C9CE #B9BECE #BFB9CE

triadic

#B9BECE #CEB9BE #BECEB9

tetradic

#B9BECE #CEB9C9 #CEC9B9 #B9CEBF

square

#B9BECE #CEB9C9 #CEC9B9 #B9CEBF

split-complementary

#B9BECE #CEBFB9 #C9CEB9

monochromatic

#717B9C #959DB5 #B9BECE #DDDFE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B9BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BECE

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BECE	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.023 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1dd',
    500: '#b9bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bece;
$custom-light: #ced1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80254,
    "c": 0.02317,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.51597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BECE

secondary

#A39C89

accent

#884A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BECE

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

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