#B8C8CE#B8C8CE

#B8C8CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.019 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C8CE
RGB	rgb(184, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -4.24, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 6.44, 228.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0144 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.019 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5595, 55.9543, 66.4644)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C8CE #CEBEB8

analogous

#B8CEC9 #B8C8CE #B8BDCE

triadic

#B8C8CE #CEB8C8 #C8CEB8

tetradic

#B8C8CE #C9B8CE #CEBEB8 #BDCEB8

square

#B8C8CE #C9B8CE #CEBEB8 #BDCEB8

split-complementary

#B8C8CE #CEB8BD #CEC9B8

monochromatic

#70909C #94ACB5 #B8C8CE #DCE4E7 #EDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#B8C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#B8C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C8CE

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C8CE	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.019 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd8dc',
    500: '#b8c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c8ce;
$custom-light: #cdd8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8224,
    "c": 0.01943,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C8CE

secondary

#A38F88

accent

#60499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C8CE

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

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