#B8B8CA#B8B8CA

#B8B8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.025 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8CA
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 3.49, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 9.71, 291.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0069 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.025 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5662, 48.7353, 62.7666)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8CA #CACAB8

analogous

#B8C1CA #B8B8CA #C1B8CA

triadic

#B8B8CA #CAB8B8 #B8CAB8

tetradic

#B8B8CA #CAB8C1 #CACAB8 #B8CAC1

square

#B8B8CA #CAB8C1 #CACAB8 #B8CAC1

split-complementary

#B8B8CA #CAC1B8 #C1CAB8

monochromatic

#727296 #9595B0 #B8B8CA #DBDBE4 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B8B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8CA

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8CA	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.025 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdda',
    500: '#b8b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8ca;
$custom-light: #cdcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.0253,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8CA

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#994D99

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8CA

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

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