#B8BDCE#B8BDCE

#B8BDCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.025 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDCE
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 1.61, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 9.26, 280.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0012 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.025 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1030, 51.0413, 65.6456)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDCE #CEC9B8

analogous

#B8C8CE #B8BDCE #BEB8CE

triadic

#B8BDCE #CEB8BD #BDCEB8

tetradic

#B8BDCE #CEB8C8 #CEC9B8 #B8CEBE

square

#B8BDCE #CEB8C8 #CEC9B8 #B8CEBE

split-complementary

#B8BDCE #CEBEB8 #C8CEB8

monochromatic

#707A9C #949BB5 #B8BDCE #DCDFE7 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#B8BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDCE

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDCE	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.025 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0dd',
    500: '#b8bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdce;
$custom-light: #cdd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79973,
    "c": 0.02457,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDCE

secondary

#A39D88

accent

#8A499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDCE

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

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