#B8BBCD#B8BBCD

#B8BBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.026 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBCD
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 2.48, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 9.72, 284.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0037 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.026 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5546, 50.1384, 64.8654)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBCD #CDCAB8

analogous

#B8C6CD #B8BBCD #C0B8CD

triadic

#B8BBCD #CDB8BB #BBCDB8

tetradic

#B8BBCD #CDB8C6 #CDCAB8 #B8CDC0

square

#B8BBCD #CDB8C6 #CDCAB8 #B8CDC0

split-complementary

#B8BBCD #CDC0B8 #C6CDB8

monochromatic

#70769A #9499B4 #B8BBCD #DCDDE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B8BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBCD

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBCD	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.026 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfdc',
    500: '#b8bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbcd;
$custom-light: #cdcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.02555,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBCD

secondary

#A29E88

accent

#904A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBCD

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

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