#B8BECD#B8BECD

#B8BECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.022 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BECD
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(223, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 0.87, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 8.28, 276.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0006 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.022 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1977, 51.4245, 65.0798)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BECD #CDC7B8

analogous

#B8C9CD #B8BECD #BDB8CD

triadic

#B8BECD #CDB8BE #BECDB8

tetradic

#B8BECD #CDB8C9 #CDC7B8 #B8CDBD

square

#B8BECD #CDB8C9 #CDC7B8 #B8CDBD

split-complementary

#B8BECD #CDBDB8 #C9CDB8

monochromatic

#707C9A #949DB4 #B8BECD #DCDFE6 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B8BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#B8BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BECD

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BECD	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.022 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1dc',
    500: '#b8becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8becd;
$custom-light: #cdd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BECD

secondary

#A29A88

accent

#844A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BECD

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

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