#B9BFCD#B9BFCD

#B9BFCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.021 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFCD
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(222, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 0.67, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 7.76, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.001 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.021 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6555, 51.9832, 65.1635)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFCD #CDC7B9

analogous

#B9C9CD #B9BFCD #BDB9CD

triadic

#B9BFCD #CDB9BF #BFCDB9

tetradic

#B9BFCD #CDB9C9 #CDC7B9 #B9CDBD

square

#B9BFCD #CDB9C9 #CDC7B9 #B9CDBD

split-complementary

#B9BFCD #CDBDB9 #C9CDB9

monochromatic

#727E9A #959EB4 #B9BFCD #DDE0E7 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#B9BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFCD

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFCD	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.021 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2dc',
    500: '#b9bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfcd;
$custom-light: #ced2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.02079,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFCD

secondary

#A19A89

accent

#834B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFCD

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

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