#B1B8E2#B1B8E2

#B1B8E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.060 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B8E2
RGB	rgb(177, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(231, 46%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 22%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 6.40, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 22.71, 286.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0079 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.06 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9960, 49.1181, 78.8361)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B8E2 #E2DBB1

analogous

#B1D1E2 #B1B8E2 #C3B1E2

triadic

#B1B8E2 #E2B1B8 #B8E2B1

tetradic

#B1B8E2 #E2B1D1 #E2DBB1 #B1E2C3

square

#B1B8E2 #E2B1D1 #E2DBB1 #B1E2C3

split-complementary

#B1B8E2 #E2C3B1 #D1E2B1

monochromatic

#5867C1 #848FD1 #B1B8E2 #DEE1F3 #E9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B1B8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B1B8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B8E2

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B8E2	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.060 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdeb',
    500: '#b1b8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b8e2;
$custom-light: #c9cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79132,
    "c": 0.0601,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B8E2

secondary

#EEEBDD

accent

#A52DB9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FD

border

#D1D2D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B8E2

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

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