#B6B8CA#B6B8CA

#B6B8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.025 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B8CA
RGB	rgb(182, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 2.83, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 9.73, 286.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0048 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.025 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0904, 48.4900, 62.7443)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B8CA #CAC8B6

analogous

#B6C2CA #B6B8CA #BEB6CA

triadic

#B6B8CA #CAB6B8 #B8CAB6

tetradic

#B6B8CA #CAB6C2 #CAC8B6 #B6CABE

square

#B6B8CA #CAB6C2 #CAC8B6 #B6CABE

split-complementary

#B6B8CA #CABEB6 #C2CAB6

monochromatic

#6F7397 #9396B0 #B6B8CA #D9DAE4 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B6B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B6B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B8CA

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B8CA	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)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.025 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccdda',
    500: '#b6b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b8ca;
$custom-light: #cccdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78665,
    "c": 0.02547,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B8CA

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#924B9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B8CA

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

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