#B6BAD0#B6BAD0

#B6BAD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.031 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BAD0
RGB	rgb(182, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(231, 22%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 2.98, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 11.90, 284.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0041 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.031 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2330, 49.6164, 66.6981)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BAD0 #D0CCB6

analogous

#B6C7D0 #B6BAD0 #BFB6D0

triadic

#B6BAD0 #D0B6BA #BAD0B6

tetradic

#B6BAD0 #D0B6C7 #D0CCB6 #B6D0BF

square

#B6BAD0 #D0B6C7 #D0CCB6 #B6D0BF

split-complementary

#B6BAD0 #D0BFB6 #C7D0B6

monochromatic

#6C74A0 #9197B8 #B6BAD0 #DBDDE8 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B6BAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B6BAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BAD0

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BAD0	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.031 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccede',
    500: '#b6bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bad0;
$custom-light: #cccede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 21.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79273,
    "c": 0.03136,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BAD0

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#9245A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BAD0

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

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