#B8BCC8#B8BCC8

#B8BCC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.017 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCC8
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(225, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 0.94, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 6.58, 278.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0004 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.017 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1736, 50.3266, 61.8084)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCC8 #C8C4B8

analogous

#B8C4C8 #B8BCC8 #BCB8C8

triadic

#B8BCC8 #C8B8BC #BCC8B8

tetradic

#B8BCC8 #C8B8C4 #C8C4B8 #B8C8BC

square

#B8BCC8 #C8B8C4 #C8C4B8 #B8C8BC

split-complementary

#B8BCC8 #C8BCB8 #C4C8B8

monochromatic

#737B93 #969BAD #B8BCC8 #DADDE3 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B8BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCC8

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCC8	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.017 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d8',
    500: '#b8bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcc8;
$custom-light: #cdd0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79574,
    "c": 0.01746,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCC8

secondary

#9C9788

accent

#854F97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCC8

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

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