#B9BFCC#B9BFCC

#B9BFCC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.019 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFCC
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(221, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 0.47, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 7.25, 273.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0014 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.019 266)
XYZ	xyz(49.5352, 51.9351, 64.5298)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFCC #CCC6B9

analogous

#B9C9CC #B9BFCC #BDB9CC

triadic

#B9BFCC #CCB9BF #BFCCB9

tetradic

#B9BFCC #CCB9C9 #CCC6B9 #B9CCBD

square

#B9BFCC #CCB9C9 #CCC6B9 #B9CCBD

split-complementary

#B9BFCC #CCBDB9 #C9CCB9

monochromatic

#727E98 #969FB2 #B9BFCC #DCDFE6 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#B9BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFCC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFCC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.019 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2db',
    500: '#b9bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfcc;
$custom-light: #ced2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.01947,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.51936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFCC

secondary

#A09989

accent

#814C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFCC

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

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