#B8B6CE#B8B6CE

#B8B6CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.034 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B6CE
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(245, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 5.39, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 13.00, 294.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0112 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.034 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6334, 48.1022, 65.1557)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B6CE #CCCEB6

analogous

#B6C0CE #B8B6CE #C4B6CE

triadic

#B8B6CE #CEB8B6 #B6CEB8

tetradic

#B8B6CE #CEB6C0 #CCCEB6 #B6CEC4

square

#B8B6CE #CEB6C0 #CCCEB6 #B6CEC4

split-complementary

#B8B6CE #CEC4B6 #C0CEB6

monochromatic

#716D9D #9491B5 #B8B6CE #DCDBE7 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B8B6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#B8B6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B6CE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B6CE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.034 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbdd',
    500: '#b8b6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b6ce;
$custom-light: #cdcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 19.672,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78552,
    "c": 0.0338,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B6CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9E4797

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B6CE

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

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