#B8BAEF#B8BAEF

#B8BAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.075 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAEF
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(238, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 10.41, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 28.48, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0167 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.075 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9022, 51.5391, 88.8055)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAEF #EFEDB8

analogous

#B8D5EF #B8BAEF #D1B8EF

triadic

#B8BAEF #EFB8BA #BAEFB8

tetradic

#B8BAEF #EFB8D5 #EFEDB8 #B8EFD1

square

#B8BAEF #EFB8D5 #EFEDB8 #B8EFD1

split-complementary

#B8BAEF #EFD1B8 #D5EFB8

monochromatic

#5459D8 #8689E4 #B8BAEF #E6E7F9 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B8BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B8BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAEF

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAEF	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.075 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecef4',
    500: '#b8baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8baef;
$custom-light: #cecef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.07465,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAEF

secondary

#CDCA7E

accent

#C51BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAEF

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

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