#B8BACE#B8BACE

#B8BACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BACE
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(235, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 3.23, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 10.78, 287.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0055 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.028 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4643, 49.7640, 65.4327)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BACE #CECCB8

analogous

#B8C5CE #B8BACE #C1B8CE

triadic

#B8BACE #CEB8BA #BACEB8

tetradic

#B8BACE #CEB8C5 #CECCB8 #B8CEC1

square

#B8BACE #CEB8C5 #CECCB8 #B8CEC1

split-complementary

#B8BACE #CEC1B8 #C5CEB8

monochromatic

#70749C #9497B5 #B8BACE #DCDDE7 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B8BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B8BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BACE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BACE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcedd',
    500: '#b8bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bace;
$custom-light: #cdcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79362,
    "c": 0.02823,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BACE

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#95499D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BACE

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

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