#B8BBCB#B8BBCB

#B8BBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.023 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBCB
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(231, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 2.08, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 8.65, 283.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0029 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.023 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3148, 50.0424, 63.6021)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBCB #CBC8B8

analogous

#B8C4CB #B8BBCB #BEB8CB

triadic

#B8BBCB #CBB8BB #BBCBB8

tetradic

#B8BBCB #CBB8C4 #CBC8B8 #B8CBBE

square

#B8BBCB #CBB8C4 #CBC8B8 #B8CBBE

split-complementary

#B8BBCB #CBBEB8 #C4CBB8

monochromatic

#717797 #9599B1 #B8BBCB #DBDDE5 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B8BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBCB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBCB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.023 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfda',
    500: '#b8bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbcb;
$custom-light: #cdcfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.02275,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBCB

secondary

#9F9C88

accent

#8D4C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBCB

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

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