#B8BBC8#B8BBC8

#B8BBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.019 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBC8
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(229, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 1.48, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 7.06, 282.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.0018 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.019 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9607, 49.9008, 61.7375)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBC8 #C8C5B8

analogous

#B8C3C8 #B8BBC8 #BDB8C8

triadic

#B8BBC8 #C8B8BB #BBC8B8

tetradic

#B8BBC8 #C8B8C3 #C8C5B8 #B8C8BD

square

#B8BBC8 #C8B8C3 #C8C5B8 #B8C8BD

split-complementary

#B8BBC8 #C8BDB8 #C3C8B8

monochromatic

#737993 #969AAD #B8BBC8 #DADCE3 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B8BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBC8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBC8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.019 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfd8',
    500: '#b8bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbc8;
$custom-light: #cdcfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79369,
    "c": 0.01859,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBC8

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#894F97

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBC8

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

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