#B8BECE#B8BECE

#B8BECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.023 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BECE
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(224, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 1.08, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 8.80, 277.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0002 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.023 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3188, 51.4730, 65.7175)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BECE #CEC8B8

analogous

#B8C9CE #B8BECE #BDB8CE

triadic

#B8BECE #CEB8BE #BECEB8

tetradic

#B8BECE #CEB8C9 #CEC8B8 #B8CEBD

square

#B8BECE #CEB8C9 #CEC8B8 #B8CEBD

split-complementary

#B8BECE #CEBDB8 #C9CEB8

monochromatic

#707C9C #949DB5 #B8BECE #DCDFE7 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B8BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#B8BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BECE

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BECE	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)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.023 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1dd',
    500: '#b8bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bece;
$custom-light: #cdd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80177,
    "c": 0.02349,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BECE

secondary

#A39B88

accent

#86499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BECE

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

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