#B8BDE3#B8BDE3

#B8BDE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.054 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDE3
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(233, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, 6.07, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 20.42, 287.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0086 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.054 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8266, 52.1307, 79.9899)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDE3 #E3DEB8

analogous

#B8D2E3 #B8BDE3 #C8B8E3

triadic

#B8BDE3 #E3B8BD #BDE3B8

tetradic

#B8BDE3 #E3B8D2 #E3DEB8 #B8E3C8

square

#B8BDE3 #E3B8D2 #E3DEB8 #B8E3C8

split-complementary

#B8BDE3 #E3C8B8 #D2E3B8

monochromatic

#606BC0 #8C94D2 #B8BDE3 #E4E6F4 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B8BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B8BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDE3

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDE3	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.054 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0eb',
    500: '#b8bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bde3;
$custom-light: #cdd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.023,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80702,
    "c": 0.05383,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDE3

secondary

#BDB683

accent

#A72FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDE3

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

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