#B8BDCF#B8BDCF

#B8BDCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.026 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDCF
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(227, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 1.82, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 9.79, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% 0.0016 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.026 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2248, 51.0900, 66.2874)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDCF #CFCAB8

analogous

#B8C9CF #B8BDCF #BFB8CF

triadic

#B8BDCF #CFB8BD #BDCFB8

tetradic

#B8BDCF #CFB8C9 #CFCAB8 #B8CFBF

square

#B8BDCF #CFB8C9 #CFCAB8 #B8CFBF

split-complementary

#B8BDCF #CFBFB8 #C9CFB8

monochromatic

#6F799E #939BB6 #B8BDCF #DDDFE8 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B8BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDCF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDCF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.026 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0dd',
    500: '#b8bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdcf;
$custom-light: #cdd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 19.328,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80006,
    "c": 0.02595,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDCF

secondary

#A49E87

accent

#8B489E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDCF

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

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