#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
RGBrgb(177, 184, 226)
HSLhsl(231, 46%, 79%)
HSVhsv(231, 22%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(21.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.52, 6.40, -21.79)
CIE-LCHlch(75.52, 22.71, 286.38°)
OKLaboklab(79.13% 0.0079 -0.0596)
OKLCHoklch(79.13% 0.06 277.5)
XYZxyz(48.9960, 49.1181, 78.8361)
Luminance0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##B1B8E21.001.9410.8210.82
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8221.001.001.00
##00000010.8221.001.001.00

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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#B1B8E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva