#B9BFCE#B9BFCE

#B9BFCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.022 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFCE
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(223, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 0.87, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 8.28, 276.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0006 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.022 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7766, 52.0316, 65.8012)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFCE #CEC8B9

analogous

#B9CACE #B9BFCE #BEB9CE

triadic

#B9BFCE #CEB9BF #BFCEB9

tetradic

#B9BFCE #CEB9CA #CEC8B9 #B9CEBE

square

#B9BFCE #CEB9CA #CEC8B9 #B9CEBE

split-complementary

#B9BFCE #CEBEB9 #CACEB9

monochromatic

#717D9C #959EB5 #B9BFCE #DDE0E7 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#B9BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFCE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFCE	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.022 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2dd',
    500: '#b9bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfce;
$custom-light: #ced2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80459,
    "c": 0.02213,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFCE

secondary

#A39B89

accent

#844A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFCE

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

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