#B4AEDE#B4AEDE

#B4AEDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.068 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEDE
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(248, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(248, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 11.92, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 26.22, 297.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0238 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.068 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1403, 45.2488, 75.3434)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEDE #D8DEAE

analogous

#AEC0DE #B4AEDE #CCAEDE

triadic

#B4AEDE #DEB4AE #AEDEB4

tetradic

#B4AEDE #DEAEC0 #D8DEAE #AEDECC

square

#B4AEDE #DEAEC0 #D8DEAE #AEDECC

split-complementary

#B4AEDE #DECCAE #C0DEAE

monochromatic

#6357BB #8C83CC #B4AEDE #DCD9F0 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B4AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B4AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEDE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEDE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.068 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6e8',
    500: '#b4aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aede;
$custom-light: #cbc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77221,
    "c": 0.06816,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEDE

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B530A5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FC

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEDE

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

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