#B8BDFF#B8BDFF

#B8BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.093 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDFF
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(236, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 12.52, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 35.33, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% 0.0174 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.093 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0100, 53.8041, 102.0226)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDFF #FFFAB8

analogous

#B8E0FF #B8BDFF #D6B8FF

triadic

#B8BDFF #FFB8BD #BDFFB8

tetradic

#B8BDFF #FFB8E0 #FFFAB8 #B8FFD6

square

#B8BDFF #FFB8E0 #FFFAB8 #B8FFD6

split-complementary

#B8BDFF #FFD6B8 #E0FFB8

monochromatic

#3E4BFF #7B84FF #B8BDFF #E0E3FF #E0E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B8BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B8BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDFF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDFF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.093 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0ff',
    500: '#b8bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdff;
$custom-light: #ced0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.775,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDFF

secondary

#E7DF75

accent

#D500E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDFF

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

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