#B8BCCE#B8BCCE

#B8BCCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.026 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCCE
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 2.15, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 9.75, 282.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0026 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.026 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8886, 50.6126, 65.5741)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCCE #CECAB8

analogous

#B8C7CE #B8BCCE #BFB8CE

triadic

#B8BCCE #CEB8BC #BCCEB8

tetradic

#B8BCCE #CEB8C7 #CECAB8 #B8CEBF

square

#B8BCCE #CEB8C7 #CECAB8 #B8CEBF

split-complementary

#B8BCCE #CEBFB8 #C7CEB8

monochromatic

#70789C #949AB5 #B8BCCE #DCDEE7 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B8BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B8BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCCE

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCCE	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.026 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0dd',
    500: '#b8bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcce;
$custom-light: #cdd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79769,
    "c": 0.02572,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCCE

secondary

#A39E88

accent

#8D499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCCE

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

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