#B8BBCE#B8BBCE

#B8BBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.027 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBCE
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(232, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(232, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 2.69, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 10.26, 285.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.004 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.027 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6757, 50.1868, 65.5031)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBCE #CECBB8

analogous

#B8C6CE #B8BBCE #C0B8CE

triadic

#B8BBCE #CEB8BB #BBCEB8

tetradic

#B8BBCE #CEB8C6 #CECBB8 #B8CEC0

square

#B8BBCE #CEB8C6 #CECBB8 #B8CEC0

split-complementary

#B8BBCE #CEC0B8 #C6CEB8

monochromatic

#70769C #9498B5 #B8BBCE #DCDEE7 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B8BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBCE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBCE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.027 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfdd',
    500: '#b8bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbce;
$custom-light: #cdcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.02694,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBCE

secondary

#A39F88

accent

#91499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBCE

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

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