#B9BFDB#B9BFDB

#B9BFDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.040 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFDB
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(229, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 3.57, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 15.10, 283.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% 0.0041 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.04 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4216, 52.6896, 74.4651)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFDB #DBD5B9

analogous

#B9D0DB #B9BFDB #C4B9DB

triadic

#B9BFDB #DBB9BF #BFDBB9

tetradic

#B9BFDB #DBB9D0 #DBD5B9 #B9DBC4

square

#B9BFDB #DBB9D0 #DBD5B9 #B9DBC4

split-complementary

#B9BFDB #DBC4B9 #D0DBB9

monochromatic

#6875B1 #919AC6 #B9BFDB #E1E4F0 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#B9BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFDB

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFDB	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.040 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2e6',
    500: '#b9bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfdb;
$custom-light: #ced2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80895,
    "c": 0.03996,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFDB

secondary

#B2AA86

accent

#973BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFDB

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

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