#B8BCDA#B8BCDA

#B8BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.042 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCDA
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(233, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(233, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 4.66, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 16.15, 286.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% 0.0069 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.042 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4024, 51.2181, 73.5467)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCDA #DAD6B8

analogous

#B8CDDA #B8BCDA #C5B8DA

triadic

#B8BCDA #DAB8BC #BCDAB8

tetradic

#B8BCDA #DAB8CD #DAD6B8 #B8DAC5

square

#B8BCDA #DAB8CD #DAD6B8 #B8DAC5

split-complementary

#B8BCDA #DAC5B8 #CDDAB8

monochromatic

#6870B0 #9096C5 #B8BCDA #E0E2EF #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B8BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCDA

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCDA	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.042 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0e5',
    500: '#b8bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcda;
$custom-light: #cdd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80178,
    "c": 0.04249,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCDA

secondary

#B1AC85

accent

#9D3BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCDA

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

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