#B8BBDD#B8BBDD

#B8BBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.048 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBDD
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 5.85, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 18.29, 288.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0094 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.048 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5856, 50.9508, 75.5620)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBDD #DDDAB8

analogous

#B8CEDD #B8BBDD #C8B8DD

triadic

#B8BBDD #DDB8BB #BBDDB8

tetradic

#B8BBDD #DDB8CE #DDDAB8 #B8DDC8

square

#B8BBDD #DDB8CE #DDDAB8 #B8DDC8

split-complementary

#B8BBDD #DDC8B8 #CEDDB8

monochromatic

#656CB5 #8F93C9 #B8BBDD #E1E3F1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B8BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBDD

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBDD	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.048 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfe7',
    500: '#b8bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbdd;
$custom-light: #cdcfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.04801,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBDD

secondary

#B5B184

accent

#A437AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBDD

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

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