#B8BBD3#B8BBD3

#B8BBD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.034 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBD3
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(233, 23%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 3.72, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 12.93, 286.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.0059 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.034 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2928, 50.4336, 68.7531)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBD3 #D3D0B8

analogous

#B8C9D3 #B8BBD3 #C2B8D3

triadic

#B8BBD3 #D3B8BB #BBD3B8

tetradic

#B8BBD3 #D3B8C9 #D3D0B8 #B8D3C2

square

#B8BBD3 #D3B8C9 #D3D0B8 #B8D3C2

split-complementary

#B8BBD3 #D3C2B8 #C9D3B8

monochromatic

#6C73A4 #9297BC #B8BBD3 #DEDFEA #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B8BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#B8BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBD3

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBD3	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.034 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfe0',
    500: '#b8bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbd3;
$custom-light: #cdcfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 23.478,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79733,
    "c": 0.03395,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBD3

secondary

#A9A587

accent

#9744A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBD3

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

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