#B8BAD8#B8BAD8

#B8BAD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.042 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAD8
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 29%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 5.32, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 16.15, 289.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0091 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.042 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7180, 50.2655, 72.0353)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAD8 #D8D6B8

analogous

#B8CAD8 #B8BAD8 #C6B8D8

triadic

#B8BAD8 #D8B8BA #BAD8B8

tetradic

#B8BAD8 #D8B8CA #D8D6B8 #B8D8C6

square

#B8BAD8 #D8B8CA #D8D6B8 #B8D8C6

split-complementary

#B8BAD8 #D8C6B8 #CAD8B8

monochromatic

#696DAD #9094C2 #B8BAD8 #E0E0EE #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B8BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAD8

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAD8	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.042 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcee4',
    500: '#b8bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bad8;
$custom-light: #cdcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79704,
    "c": 0.0423,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAD8

secondary

#AFAC86

accent

#A13EA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAD8

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

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