#B8BCDF#B8BCDF

#B8BCDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.050 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCDF
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(234, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(234, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 5.74, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 18.82, 287.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0087 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.05 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0666, 51.4837, 77.0446)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCDF #DFDBB8

analogous

#B8D0DF #B8BCDF #C8B8DF

triadic

#B8BCDF #DFB8BC #BCDFB8

tetradic

#B8BCDF #DFB8D0 #DFDBB8 #B8DFC8

square

#B8BCDF #DFB8D0 #DFDBB8 #B8DFC8

split-complementary

#B8BCDF #DFC8B8 #D0DFB8

monochromatic

#646CB9 #8E94CC #B8BCDF #E2E4F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B8BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#B8BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCDF

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCDF	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.050 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0e9',
    500: '#b8bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcdf;
$custom-light: #cdd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.846,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80356,
    "c": 0.04951,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCDF

secondary

#B7B284

accent

#A435B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCDF

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

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