#B4B8EA#B4B8EA

#B4B8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.071 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8EA
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(236, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 9.15, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 26.94, 289.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0136 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.071 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8104, 49.9238, 84.7852)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8EA #EAE6B4

analogous

#B4D3EA #B4B8EA #CBB4EA

triadic

#B4B8EA #EAB4B8 #B8EAB4

tetradic

#B4B8EA #EAB4D3 #EAE6B4 #B4EACB

square

#B4B8EA #EAB4D3 #EAE6B4 #B4EACB

split-complementary

#B4B8EA #EACBB4 #D3EAB4

monochromatic

#545DCF #848BDD #B4B8EA #E4E5F7 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B4B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#B4B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8EA

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8EA	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.071 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcdf0',
    500: '#b4b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8ea;
$custom-light: #cbcdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79666,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8EA

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B822C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FD

border

#D1D2D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8EA

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

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