#B8BADA#B8BADA

#B8BADA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.045 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BADA
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 218)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 5.74, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 17.22, 289.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0098 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.045 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9781, 50.3695, 73.4053)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BADA #DAD8B8

analogous

#B8CBDA #B8BADA #C7B8DA

triadic

#B8BADA #DAB8BA #BADAB8

tetradic

#B8BADA #DAB8CB #DAD8B8 #B8DAC7

square

#B8BADA #DAB8CB #DAD8B8 #B8DAC7

split-complementary

#B8BADA #DAC7B8 #CBDAB8

monochromatic

#686CB0 #9093C5 #B8BADA #E0E1EF #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B8BADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BADA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BADA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.045 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcee5',
    500: '#b8bada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bada;
$custom-light: #cdcee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.04512,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BADA

secondary

#B1AF85

accent

#A43BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BADA

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

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