#B8B6CA#B8B6CA

#B8B6CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.028 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B6CA
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(246, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(246, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 4.58, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 10.84, 294.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% 0.0098 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.028 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1537, 47.9103, 62.6291)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B6CA #C8CAB6

analogous

#B6BECA #B8B6CA #C2B6CA

triadic

#B8B6CA #CAB8B6 #B6CAB8

tetradic

#B8B6CA #CAB6BE #C8CAB6 #B6CAC2

square

#B8B6CA #CAB6BE #C8CAB6 #B6CAC2

split-complementary

#B8B6CA #CAC2B6 #BECAB6

monochromatic

#736F97 #9693B0 #B8B6CA #DAD9E4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B8B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#B8B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B6CA

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B6CA	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.028 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbda',
    500: '#b8b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b6ca;
$custom-light: #cdcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78418,
    "c": 0.02818,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B6CA

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9A4B92

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B6CA

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

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