#B8BED8#B8BED8

#B8BED8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.037 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BED8
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(229, 29%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 3.16, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 14.06, 282.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0034 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.037 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5725, 51.9744, 72.3201)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BED8 #D8D2B8

analogous

#B8CED8 #B8BED8 #C2B8D8

triadic

#B8BED8 #D8B8BE #BED8B8

tetradic

#B8BED8 #D8B8CE #D8D2B8 #B8D8C2

square

#B8BED8 #D8B8CE #D8D2B8 #B8D8C2

split-complementary

#B8BED8 #D8C2B8 #CED8B8

monochromatic

#6976AD #909AC2 #B8BED8 #E0E2EE #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B8BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#B8BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BED8

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BED8	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.037 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1e4',
    500: '#b8bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bed8;
$custom-light: #cdd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80513,
    "c": 0.03723,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BED8

secondary

#AFA786

accent

#943EA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BED8

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

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