#B4C8EA#B4C8EA

#B4C8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.053 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C8EA
RGB	rgb(180, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(218, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 0.49, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 19.07, 271.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0082 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.053 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3240, 56.9509, 85.9564)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C8EA #EAD6B4

analogous

#B4E3EA #B4C8EA #BBB4EA

triadic

#B4C8EA #EAB4C8 #C8EAB4

tetradic

#B4C8EA #EAB4E3 #EAD6B4 #B4EABB

square

#B4C8EA #EAB4E3 #EAD6B4 #B4EABB

split-complementary

#B4C8EA #EABBB4 #E3EAB4

monochromatic

#5482CF #84A5DD #B4C8EA #E4EBF7 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B4C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#B4C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C8EA

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C8EA	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.053 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd8f0',
    500: '#b4c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c8ea;
$custom-light: #cbd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82892,
    "c": 0.05266,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C8EA

secondary

#C6AB7C

accent

#8822C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C8EA

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

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