#B0BAC8#B0BAC8

#B0BAC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.023 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0BAC8
RGB	rgb(176, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(215, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -0.65, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 8.27, 265.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0052 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.023 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8864, 48.5174, 61.5797)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0BAC8 #C8BEB0

analogous

#B0C6C8 #B0BAC8 #B2B0C8

triadic

#B0BAC8 #C8B0BA #BAC8B0

tetradic

#B0BAC8 #C8B0C6 #C8BEB0 #B0C8B2

square

#B0BAC8 #C8B0C6 #C8BEB0 #B0C8B2

split-complementary

#B0BAC8 #C8B2B0 #C6C8B0

monochromatic

#687B96 #8C9AAF #B0BAC8 #D4DAE1 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B0BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B0BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0BAC8

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0BAC8	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.023 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ced8',
    500: '#b0bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0bac8;
$custom-light: #c7ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78547,
    "c": 0.02279,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0BAC8

secondary

#E9E6E2

accent

#7A499C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0BAC8

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

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