#B6BAD6#B6BAD6

#B6BAD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.040 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BAD6
RGB	rgb(182, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(233, 28%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 4.25, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 15.11, 286.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0062 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.04 279)
XYZ	xyz(48.9852, 49.9173, 70.6595)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BAD6 #D6D2B6

analogous

#B6CAD6 #B6BAD6 #C2B6D6

triadic

#B6BAD6 #D6B6BA #BAD6B6

tetradic

#B6BAD6 #D6B6CA #D6D2B6 #B6D6C2

square

#B6BAD6 #D6B6CA #D6D2B6 #B6D6C2

split-complementary

#B6BAD6 #D6C2B6 #CAD6B6

monochromatic

#6870AA #8F95C0 #B6BAD6 #DDDFEC #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B6BAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B6BAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BAD6

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BAD6	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.040 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccee2',
    500: '#b6bad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bad6;
$custom-light: #cccee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79479,
    "c": 0.03976,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.49918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BAD6

secondary

#EBE9E0

accent

#9A3FA7

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BAD6

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

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