#B8B6CC#B8B6CC

#B8B6CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B6CC
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(245, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, 4.98, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 11.92, 294.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0105 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3920, 48.0056, 63.8843)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B6CC #CACCB6

analogous

#B6BFCC #B8B6CC #C3B6CC

triadic

#B8B6CC #CCB8B6 #B6CCB8

tetradic

#B8B6CC #CCB6BF #CACCB6 #B6CCC3

square

#B8B6CC #CCB6BF #CACCB6 #B6CCC3

split-complementary

#B8B6CC #CCC3B6 #BFCCB6

monochromatic

#726E9A #9592B3 #B8B6CC #DBDAE5 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B8B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#B8B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B6CC

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B6CC	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbdb',
    500: '#b8b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b6cc;
$custom-light: #cdcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.03099,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B6CC

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4995

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B6CC

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

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