#B8BCDB#B8BCDB

#B8BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.044 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCDB
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(233, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(233, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 4.87, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 16.68, 286.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0073 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.044 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5336, 51.2706, 74.2380)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCDB #DBD7B8

analogous

#B8CEDB #B8BCDB #C6B8DB

triadic

#B8BCDB #DBB8BC #BCDBB8

tetradic

#B8BCDB #DBB8CE #DBD7B8 #B8DBC6

square

#B8BCDB #DBB8CE #DBD7B8 #B8DBC6

split-complementary

#B8BCDB #DBC6B8 #CEDBB8

monochromatic

#676FB2 #8F96C6 #B8BCDB #E1E2F0 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#B8BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCDB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCDB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.044 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0e6',
    500: '#b8bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcdb;
$custom-light: #cdd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80213,
    "c": 0.04389,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCDB

secondary

#B2AD85

accent

#9F3AAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCDB

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

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