#B8BDCB#B8BDCB

#B8BDCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.020 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDCB
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(224, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 1.00, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 7.69, 277.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0001 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.02 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7420, 50.8969, 63.7445)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDCB #CBC6B8

analogous

#B8C6CB #B8BDCB #BCB8CB

triadic

#B8BDCB #CBB8BD #BDCBB8

tetradic

#B8BDCB #CBB8C6 #CBC6B8 #B8CBBC

square

#B8BDCB #CBB8C6 #CBC6B8 #B8CBBC

split-complementary

#B8BDCB #CBBCB8 #C6CBB8

monochromatic

#717B97 #959CB1 #B8BDCB #DBDEE5 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B8BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDCB

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDCB	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.020 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0da',
    500: '#b8bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdcb;
$custom-light: #cdd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79875,
    "c": 0.02048,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDCB

secondary

#9F9988

accent

#854C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDCB

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

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