#B8BDD9#B8BDD9

#B8BDD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.040 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDD9
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(231, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 3.91, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 15.09, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0052 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.04 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4863, 51.5946, 72.9311)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDD9 #D9D4B8

analogous

#B8CDD9 #B8BDD9 #C3B8D9

triadic

#B8BDD9 #D9B8BD #BDD9B8

tetradic

#B8BDD9 #D9B8CD #D9D4B8 #B8D9C3

square

#B8BDD9 #D9B8CD #D9D4B8 #B8D9C3

split-complementary

#B8BDD9 #D9C3B8 #CDD9B8

monochromatic

#6873AE #9098C4 #B8BDD9 #E0E2EE #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B8BDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B8BDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDD9

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDD9	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.040 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0e4',
    500: '#b8bdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdd9;
$custom-light: #cdd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.909,
    "s": 30.275,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80345,
    "c": 0.03983,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDD9

secondary

#B0A985

accent

#993DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDD9

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

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