#B8BAC8#B8BAC8

#B8BAC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.020 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAC8
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(233, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 2.01, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 7.56, 285.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0033 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.02 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7493, 49.4780, 61.6670)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAC8 #C8C6B8

analogous

#B8C2C8 #B8BAC8 #BEB8C8

triadic

#B8BAC8 #C8B8BA #BAC8B8

tetradic

#B8BAC8 #C8B8C2 #C8C6B8 #B8C8BE

square

#B8BAC8 #C8B8C2 #C8C6B8 #B8C8BE

split-complementary

#B8BAC8 #C8BEB8 #C2C8B8

monochromatic

#737793 #9698AD #B8BAC8 #DADCE3 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#B8BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAC8

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAC8	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.020 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdced8',
    500: '#b8bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bac8;
$custom-light: #cdced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79165,
    "c": 0.01981,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAC8

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#8E4F97

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAC8

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

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