#B8BAE4#B8BAE4

#B8BAE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.059 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAE4
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(237, 45%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 7.92, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 22.59, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0132 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.059 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3263, 50.9088, 80.5060)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAE4 #E4E2B8

analogous

#B8D0E4 #B8BAE4 #CCB8E4

triadic

#B8BAE4 #E4B8BA #BAE4B8

tetradic

#B8BAE4 #E4B8D0 #E4E2B8 #B8E4CC

square

#B8BAE4 #E4B8D0 #E4E2B8 #B8E4CC

split-complementary

#B8BAE4 #E4CCB8 #D0E4B8

monochromatic

#5F64C2 #8C8FD3 #B8BAE4 #E4E5F5 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B8BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAE4

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAE4	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.059 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdceec',
    500: '#b8bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bae4;
$custom-light: #cdceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8014,
    "c": 0.05921,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAE4

secondary

#BEBB82

accent

#B22DB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAE4

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

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