#B8CDEC#B8CDEC

#B8CDEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.049 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CDEC
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(216, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -0.51, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 17.64, 268.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0102 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.049 258)
XYZ	xyz(56.7348, 59.9076, 87.9147)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CDEC #ECD7B8

analogous

#B8E7EC #B8CDEC #BDB8EC

triadic

#B8CDEC #ECB8CD #CDECB8

tetradic

#B8CDEC #ECB8E7 #ECD7B8 #B8ECBD

square

#B8CDEC #ECB8E7 #ECD7B8 #B8ECBD

split-complementary

#B8CDEC #ECBDB8 #E7ECB8

monochromatic

#5789D2 #88ABDF #B8CDEC #E7EEF9 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B8CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#B8CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CDEC

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CDEC	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.049 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcf2',
    500: '#b8cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cdec;
$custom-light: #cedcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84266,
    "c": 0.04911,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.59909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CDEC

secondary

#C9AB7F

accent

#8320C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CDEC

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

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