#B7BDCD#B7BDCD

#B7BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.024 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7BDCD
RGB	rgb(183, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 1.08, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 8.81, 277.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0002 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.024 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7431, 50.8697, 64.9966)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7BDCD #CDC7B7

analogous

#B7C8CD #B7BDCD #BCB7CD

triadic

#B7BDCD #CDB7BD #BDCDB7

tetradic

#B7BDCD #CDB7C8 #CDC7B7 #B7CDBC

square

#B7BDCD #CDB7C8 #CDC7B7 #B7CDBC

split-complementary

#B7BDCD #CDBCB7 #C8CDB7

monochromatic

#6F7B9B #939CB4 #B7BDCD #DBDEE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B7BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B7BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7BDCD

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7BDCD	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.024 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0dc',
    500: '#b7bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7bdcd;
$custom-light: #ccd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 18.033,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79863,
    "c": 0.02352,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7BDCD

secondary

#A29A87

accent

#86499C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7BDCD

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

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