#B8BFDD#B8BFDD

#B8BFDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.043 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BFDD
RGB	rgb(184, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(229, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 3.69, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 16.20, 283.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0038 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.043 275)
XYZ	xyz(51.4461, 52.6716, 75.8488)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BFDD #DDD6B8

analogous

#B8D2DD #B8BFDD #C4B8DD

triadic

#B8BFDD #DDB8BF #BFDDB8

tetradic

#B8BFDD #DDB8D2 #DDD6B8 #B8DDC4

square

#B8BFDD #DDB8D2 #DDD6B8 #B8DDC4

split-complementary

#B8BFDD #DDC4B8 #D2DDB8

monochromatic

#6574B5 #8F9AC9 #B8BFDD #E1E4F1 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B8BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#B8BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BFDD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BFDD	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.043 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd2e7',
    500: '#b8bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bfdd;
$custom-light: #cdd2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80889,
    "c": 0.04297,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.52672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BFDD

secondary

#B5AC84

accent

#9837AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BFDD

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

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