#B8BDCD#B8BDCD

#B8BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.023 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDCD
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 1.41, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 8.74, 279.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0008 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.023 272)
XYZ	xyz(48.9819, 50.9929, 65.0078)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDCD #CDC8B8

analogous

#B8C8CD #B8BDCD #BEB8CD

triadic

#B8BDCD #CDB8BD #BDCDB8

tetradic

#B8BDCD #CDB8C8 #CDC8B8 #B8CDBE

square

#B8BDCD #CDB8C8 #CDC8B8 #B8CDBE

split-complementary

#B8BDCD #CDBEB8 #C8CDB8

monochromatic

#707A9A #949CB4 #B8BDCD #DCDEE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#B8BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDCD

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDCD	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.023 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0dc',
    500: '#b8bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdcd;
$custom-light: #cdd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7994,
    "c": 0.0232,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.50993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDCD

secondary

#A29B88

accent

#884A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDCD

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

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