#B8BCC4#B8BCC4

#B8BCC4 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.012 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCC4
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(220, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 6%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 0.15, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 4.51, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0012 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.012 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7122, 50.1420, 59.3786)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCC4 #C4C0B8

analogous

#B8C2C4 #B8BCC4 #BAB8C4

triadic

#B8BCC4 #C4B8BC #BCC4B8

tetradic

#B8BCC4 #C4B8C2 #C4C0B8 #B8C4BA

square

#B8BCC4 #C4B8C2 #C4C0B8 #B8C4BA

split-complementary

#B8BCC4 #C4BAB8 #C2C4B8

monochromatic

#757D8C #979CA8 #B8BCC4 #D9DCE0 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B8BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCC4

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCC4	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)

#BABCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.012 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d5',
    500: '#b8bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcc4;
$custom-light: #cdd0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 9.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79448,
    "c": 0.01212,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCC4

secondary

#979289

accent

#7E5293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCC4

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

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