#B8BAD4#B8BAD4

#B8BAD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.037 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAD4
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(236, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 4.47, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 14.00, 288.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0077 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.037 282)
XYZ	xyz(49.2072, 50.0611, 69.3449)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAD4 #D4D2B8

analogous

#B8C8D4 #B8BAD4 #C4B8D4

triadic

#B8BAD4 #D4B8BA #BAD4B8

tetradic

#B8BAD4 #D4B8C8 #D4D2B8 #B8D4C4

square

#B8BAD4 #D4B8C8 #D4D2B8 #B8D4C4

split-complementary

#B8BAD4 #D4C4B8 #C8D4B8

monochromatic

#6C70A6 #9295BD #B8BAD4 #DEDFEB #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B8BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAD4

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAD4	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.037 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcee1',
    500: '#b8bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bad4;
$custom-light: #cdcee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.03667,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.50062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAD4

secondary

#AAA786

accent

#9C42A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAD4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →