#B9BED2#B9BED2

#B9BED2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.029 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BED2
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(228, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 2.23, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 10.84, 281.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% 0.0023 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.029 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0514, 51.7938, 68.3206)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BED2 #D2CDB9

analogous

#B9CBD2 #B9BED2 #C1B9D2

triadic

#B9BED2 #D2B9BE #BED2B9

tetradic

#B9BED2 #D2B9CB #D2CDB9 #B9D2C1

square

#B9BED2 #D2B9CB #D2CDB9 #B9D2C1

split-complementary

#B9BED2 #D2C1B9 #CBD2B9

monochromatic

#6E79A2 #949BBA #B9BED2 #DEE1EA #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B9BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BED2

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BED2	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.029 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1df',
    500: '#b9bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bed2;
$custom-light: #ced1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80386,
    "c": 0.02867,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BED2

secondary

#A7A188

accent

#8E45A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BED2

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

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