#B6BCD4#B6BCD4

#B6BCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.035 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BCD4
RGB	rgb(182, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(228, 26%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 2.74, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 13.02, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0027 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.035 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1556, 50.6643, 69.4640)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BCD4 #D4CEB6

analogous

#B6CBD4 #B6BCD4 #BFB6D4

triadic

#B6BCD4 #D4B6BC #BCD4B6

tetradic

#B6BCD4 #D4B6CB #D4CEB6 #B6D4BF

square

#B6BCD4 #D4B6CB #D4CEB6 #B6D4BF

split-complementary

#B6BCD4 #D4BFB6 #CBD4B6

monochromatic

#6975A7 #8F99BD #B6BCD4 #DDDFEB #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B6BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B6BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BCD4

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BCD4	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.035 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0e1',
    500: '#b6bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bcd4;
$custom-light: #ccd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 25.862,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79816,
    "c": 0.03452,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BCD4

secondary

#AAA284

accent

#9141A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BCD4

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

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