#B8BBDE#B8BBDE

#B8BBDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.049 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBDE
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(235, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 6.06, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 18.83, 288.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.0097 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.049 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7193, 51.0042, 76.2657)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBDE #DEDBB8

analogous

#B8CEDE #B8BBDE #C8B8DE

triadic

#B8BBDE #DEB8BB #BBDEB8

tetradic

#B8BBDE #DEB8CE #DEDBB8 #B8DEC8

square

#B8BBDE #DEB8CE #DEDBB8 #B8DEC8

split-complementary

#B8BBDE #DEC8B8 #CEDEB8

monochromatic

#646BB7 #8E93CB #B8BBDE #E2E3F1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#B8BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBDE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBDE	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.049 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfe8',
    500: '#b8bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbde;
$custom-light: #cdcfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80119,
    "c": 0.04942,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBDE

secondary

#B6B284

accent

#A636AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBDE

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

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