#B8BAD2#B8BAD2

#B8BAD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.034 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAD2
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(235, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, 4.05, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 12.93, 288.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% 0.0069 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.034 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9564, 49.9608, 68.0245)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAD2 #D2D0B8

analogous

#B8C7D2 #B8BAD2 #C3B8D2

triadic

#B8BAD2 #D2B8BA #BAD2B8

tetradic

#B8BAD2 #D2B8C7 #D2D0B8 #B8D2C3

square

#B8BAD2 #D2B8C7 #D2D0B8 #B8D2C3

split-complementary

#B8BAD2 #D2C3B8 #C7D2B8

monochromatic

#6D71A3 #9396BA #B8BAD2 #DDDEEA #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#B8BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAD2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAD2	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.034 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcedf',
    500: '#b8bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bad2;
$custom-light: #cdcedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79497,
    "c": 0.03385,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAD2

secondary

#EAE9E1

accent

#9A45A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAD2

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

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