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#B9B9CA

#b9b9ca ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b9b9ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 72.55% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.42% cyan, 8.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 13.82% saturation and 75.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 7.17.

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Relative luminance0.4928

Complementary

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #cacab9

Split complementary

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #cac1b9
  3. #c1cab9

Analogous

  1. #b9c1ca
  2. #b9b9ca
  3. #c1b9ca

Triadic

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #cab9b9
  3. #b9cab9

Tetradic

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #cab9ca
  3. #cacab9
  4. #b9cab9

Square

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #cab9c1
  3. #cacab9
  4. #b9cac1

Monochromatic

  1. #656585
  2. #8d8da9
  3. #b9b9ca
  4. #e5e5eb
  5. #f3f3f6

Shades

#b9b9ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #a7a7b6
  3. #9494a2
  4. #82828d
  5. #6f6f79
  6. #5d5d65
  7. #4a4a51
  8. #38383d
  9. #252528
  10. #131314
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9b9ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #c0c0cf
  3. #c7c7d5
  4. #ceceda
  5. #d5d5df
  6. #dcdce5
  7. #e3e3ea
  8. #eaeaef
  9. #f1f1f4
  10. #f8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9b9ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9b9ca
  2. #b3b3c3
  3. #aeaebb
  4. #a8a8b4
  5. #a2a2ac
  6. #9d9da5
  7. #97979e
  8. #919196
  9. #8b8b8f
  10. #868687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bbcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bac9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6bcbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7bacb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7baca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7bbc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9b9ca {
  color: #b9b9ca;
}
Background
.bg-b9b9ca {
  background-color: #b9b9ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9b9ca {
  border: 2px solid #b9b9ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9b9ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 185 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 14% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9b9ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9b9ca, #c1b9ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9b9ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 185 202 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.76 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.37 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.40 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.40 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 10.17 #464635 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#b9b9ca  rgb(185, 185, 202)  hsl(240, 14%, 76%)  Languid Lavender
#cacab9  rgb(202, 202, 185)  hsl(60, 14%, 76%)  Bone
#cab9b9  rgb(202, 185, 185)  hsl(0, 14%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#b9cab9  rgb(185, 202, 185)  hsl(120, 14%, 76%)  Ash Gray