#B9BFDF#B9BFDF

#B9BFDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.046 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFDF
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(231, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, 4.43, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 17.22, 284.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.0055 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.046 277)
XYZ	xyz(51.9545, 52.9028, 77.2718)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFDF #DFD9B9

analogous

#B9D2DF #B9BFDF #C6B9DF

triadic

#B9BFDF #DFB9BF #BFDFB9

tetradic

#B9BFDF #DFB9D2 #DFD9B9 #B9DFC6

square

#B9BFDF #DFB9D2 #DFD9B9 #B9DFC6

split-complementary

#B9BFDF #DFC6B9 #D2DFB9

monochromatic

#6572B9 #8F99CC #B9BFDF #E3E5F2 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#B9BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFDF

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFDF	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.046 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2e9',
    500: '#b9bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfdf;
$custom-light: #ced2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81036,
    "c": 0.04553,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.52904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFDF

secondary

#B7AF85

accent

#9D35B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFDF

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

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