#B8B8D2#B8B8D2

#B8B8D2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.037 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8D2
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(240, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 5.13, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 14.02, 291.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% 0.0098 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.037 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5380, 49.1241, 67.8850)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8D2 #D2D2B8

analogous

#B8C5D2 #B8B8D2 #C5B8D2

triadic

#B8B8D2 #D2B8B8 #B8D2B8

tetradic

#B8B8D2 #D2B8C5 #D2D2B8 #B8D2C5

square

#B8B8D2 #D2B8C5 #D2D2B8 #B8D2C5

split-complementary

#B8B8D2 #D2C5B8 #C5D2B8

monochromatic

#6D6DA3 #9393BA #B8B8D2 #DDDDEA #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8B8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B8B8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8D2

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8D2	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.037 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcddf',
    500: '#b8b8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8d2;
$custom-light: #cdcddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79092,
    "c": 0.03658,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8D2

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A145A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8D2

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

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