#B8B6DA#B8B6DA

#B8B6DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.051 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B6DA
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(243, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, 7.92, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 19.47, 294.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0154 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.051 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1472, 48.7077, 73.1283)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B6DA #D8DAB6

analogous

#B6C6DA #B8B6DA #CAB6DA

triadic

#B8B6DA #DAB8B6 #B6DAB8

tetradic

#B8B6DA #DAB6C6 #D8DAB6 #B6DACA

square

#B8B6DA #DAB6C6 #D8DAB6 #B6DACA

split-complementary

#B8B6DA #DACAB6 #C6DAB6

monochromatic

#6965B1 #908DC5 #B8B6DA #E0DFEF #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B8B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B8B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B6DA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B6DA	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.051 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbe5',
    500: '#b8b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b6da;
$custom-light: #cdcbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 32.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78974,
    "c": 0.05073,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B6DA

secondary

#EBEBE0

accent

#AB3AA5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B6DA

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

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