#B8BAC4#B8BAC4

#B8BAC4 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.014 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAC4
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(230, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 6%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 1.22, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 5.42, 283.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0017 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.014 277)
XYZ	xyz(47.2880, 49.2934, 59.2372)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAC4 #C4C2B8

analogous

#B8C0C4 #B8BAC4 #BCB8C4

triadic

#B8BAC4 #C4B8BA #BAC4B8

tetradic

#B8BAC4 #C4B8C0 #C4C2B8 #B8C4BC

square

#B8BAC4 #C4B8C0 #C4C2B8 #B8C4BC

split-complementary

#B8BAC4 #C4BCB8 #C0C4B8

monochromatic

#75798C #979AA8 #B8BAC4 #D9DAE0 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B8BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAC4

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAC4	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.014 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdced5',
    500: '#b8bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bac4;
$custom-light: #cdced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 9.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79038,
    "c": 0.01423,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.49294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAC4

secondary

#E7E7E4

accent

#885293

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAC4

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

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