#B8BCD2#B8BCD2

#B8BCD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.031 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCD2
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(231, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, 2.97, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 11.88, 284.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0041 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.031 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3807, 50.8094, 68.1659)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCD2 #D2CEB8

analogous

#B8C9D2 #B8BCD2 #C1B8D2

triadic

#B8BCD2 #D2B8BC #BCD2B8

tetradic

#B8BCD2 #D2B8C9 #D2CEB8 #B8D2C1

square

#B8BCD2 #D2B8C9 #D2CEB8 #B8D2C1

split-complementary

#B8BCD2 #D2C1B8 #C9D2B8

monochromatic

#6D75A3 #9399BA #B8BCD2 #DDDFEA #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B8BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCD2

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCD2	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.031 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0df',
    500: '#b8bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcd2;
$custom-light: #cdd0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79902,
    "c": 0.03129,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCD2

secondary

#A7A287

accent

#9345A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCD2

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

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