#B8BDCA#B8BDCA

#B8BDCA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.019 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDCA
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(223, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 0.80, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 7.17, 276.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0003 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.019 269)
XYZ	xyz(48.6232, 50.8494, 63.1189)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDCA #CAC5B8

analogous

#B8C6CA #B8BDCA #BCB8CA

triadic

#B8BDCA #CAB8BD #BDCAB8

tetradic

#B8BDCA #CAB8C6 #CAC5B8 #B8CABC

square

#B8BDCA #CAB8C6 #CAC5B8 #B8CABC

split-complementary

#B8BDCA #CABCB8 #C6CAB8

monochromatic

#727C96 #959CB0 #B8BDCA #DBDEE4 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B8BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDCA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDCA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.019 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0da',
    500: '#b8bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdca;
$custom-light: #cdd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79843,
    "c": 0.01913,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.5085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDCA

secondary

#9E9888

accent

#844D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDCA

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

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