#B8BED4#B8BED4

#B8BED4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BED4
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(227, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(227, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 2.31, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 11.94, 281.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.002 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0616, 51.7701, 69.6297)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BED4 #D4CEB8

analogous

#B8CCD4 #B8BED4 #C0B8D4

triadic

#B8BED4 #D4B8BE #BED4B8

tetradic

#B8BED4 #D4B8CC #D4CEB8 #B8D4C0

square

#B8BED4 #D4B8CC #D4CEB8 #B8D4C0

split-complementary

#B8BED4 #D4C0B8 #CCD4B8

monochromatic

#6C78A6 #929BBD #B8BED4 #DEE1EB #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B8BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#B8BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BED4

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BED4	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1e1',
    500: '#b8bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bed4;
$custom-light: #cdd1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80376,
    "c": 0.03169,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BED4

secondary

#AAA286

accent

#8E42A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BED4

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

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