#B8B4E6#B8B4E6

#B8B4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.071 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4E6
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(245, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 11.65, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 27.09, 295.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% 0.0222 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.071 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3680, 48.5454, 81.5641)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4E6 #E2E6B4

analogous

#B4C9E6 #B8B4E6 #D1B4E6

triadic

#B8B4E6 #E6B8B4 #B4E6B8

tetradic

#B8B4E6 #E6B4C9 #E2E6B4 #B4E6D1

square

#B8B4E6 #E6B4C9 #E2E6B4 #B4E6D1

split-complementary

#B8B4E6 #E6D1B4 #C9E6B4

monochromatic

#6158C7 #8D86D7 #B8B4E6 #E3E2F5 #E9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B8B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B8B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4E6

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4E6	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.071 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecaee',
    500: '#b8b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4e6;
$custom-light: #cecaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.07053,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4E6

secondary

#EDEEDD

accent

#BD28B1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4E6

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

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