#B0AEC8#B0AEC8

#B0AEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.037 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AEC8
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(245, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(245, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 5.86, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 14.20, 294.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.012 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.037 289)
XYZ	xyz(43.4637, 43.6720, 60.7721)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AEC8 #C6C8AE

analogous

#AEB9C8 #B0AEC8 #BDAEC8

triadic

#B0AEC8 #C8B0AE #AEC8B0

tetradic

#B0AEC8 #C8AEB9 #C6C8AE #AEC8BD

square

#B0AEC8 #C8AEB9 #C6C8AE #AEC8BD

split-complementary

#B0AEC8 #C8BDAE #B9C8AE

monochromatic

#696696 #8C8AAF #B0AEC8 #D4D2E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B0AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B0AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AEC8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AEC8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.037 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6d8',
    500: '#b0aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aec8;
$custom-light: #c7c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.03694,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.43672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AEC8

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D4897

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AEC8

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

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