#B8B4E4#B8B4E4

#B8B4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.068 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4E4
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(245, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 11.20, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 26.01, 295.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0216 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.068 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0888, 48.4337, 80.0935)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4E4 #E0E4B4

analogous

#B4C8E4 #B8B4E4 #D0B4E4

triadic

#B8B4E4 #E4B8B4 #B4E4B8

tetradic

#B8B4E4 #E4B4C8 #E0E4B4 #B4E4D0

square

#B8B4E4 #E4B4C8 #E0E4B4 #B4E4D0

split-complementary

#B8B4E4 #E4D0B4 #C8E4B4

monochromatic

#635AC4 #8D87D4 #B8B4E4 #E3E1F4 #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B8B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B8B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4E4

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4E4	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.068 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecaec',
    500: '#b8b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4e4;
$custom-light: #cecaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.06772,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4E4

secondary

#EDEEDD

accent

#BA2BAE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4E4

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

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