#B6BCD6#B6BCD6

#B6BCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.037 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BCD6
RGB	rgb(182, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(229, 28%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 15%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 3.17, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 14.08, 282.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0034 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.037 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4095, 50.7659, 70.8010)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BCD6 #D6D0B6

analogous

#B6CCD6 #B6BCD6 #C0B6D6

triadic

#B6BCD6 #D6B6BC #BCD6B6

tetradic

#B6BCD6 #D6B6CC #D6D0B6 #B6D6C0

square

#B6BCD6 #D6B6CC #D6D0B6 #B6D6C0

split-complementary

#B6BCD6 #D6C0B6 #CCD6B6

monochromatic

#6874AA #8F98C0 #B6BCD6 #DDE0EC #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B6BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B6BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BCD6

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BCD6	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.037 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0e2',
    500: '#b6bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bcd6;
$custom-light: #ccd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79885,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BCD6

secondary

#ACA584

accent

#933FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BCD6

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

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