#B8BBCC#B8BBCC

#B8BBCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.024 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBCC
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(231, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 2.28, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 9.19, 284.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% 0.0033 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.024 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4343, 50.0902, 64.2317)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBCC #CCC9B8

analogous

#B8C5CC #B8BBCC #BFB8CC

triadic

#B8BBCC #CCB8BB #BBCCB8

tetradic

#B8BBCC #CCB8C5 #CCC9B8 #B8CCBF

square

#B8BBCC #CCB8C5 #CCC9B8 #B8CCBF

split-complementary

#B8BBCC #CCBFB8 #C5CCB8

monochromatic

#717799 #9499B2 #B8BBCC #DCDDE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B8BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBCC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBCC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.024 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfdb',
    500: '#b8bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbcc;
$custom-light: #cdcfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 16.393,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79499,
    "c": 0.02415,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBCC

secondary

#A09D88

accent

#8F4B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBCC

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

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