#B6BCDE#B6BCDE

#B6BCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.048 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BCDE
RGB	rgb(182, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(231, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 4.89, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 18.34, 285.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0062 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.048 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4563, 51.1846, 76.3144)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BCDE #DED8B6

analogous

#B6D0DE #B6BCDE #C4B6DE

triadic

#B6BCDE #DEB6BC #BCDEB6

tetradic

#B6BCDE #DEB6D0 #DED8B6 #B6DEC4

square

#B6BCDE #DEB6D0 #DED8B6 #B6DEC4

split-complementary

#B6BCDE #DEC4B6 #D0DEB6

monochromatic

#626FB8 #8C95CB #B6BCDE #E0E3F1 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B6BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B6BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BCDE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BCDE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.048 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0e8',
    500: '#b6bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bcde;
$custom-light: #ccd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80167,
    "c": 0.04846,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BCDE

secondary

#B6AE82

accent

#9E35B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BCDE

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

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