#B8BAF0#B8BAF0

#B8BAF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.076 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAF0
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 240)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(238, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 10.64, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 29.02, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.017 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.076 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0503, 51.5984, 89.5857)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAF0 #F0EEB8

analogous

#B8D6F0 #B8BAF0 #D2B8F0

triadic

#B8BAF0 #F0B8BA #BAF0B8

tetradic

#B8BAF0 #F0B8D6 #F0EEB8 #B8F0D2

square

#B8BAF0 #F0B8D6 #F0EEB8 #B8F0D2

split-complementary

#B8BAF0 #F0D2B8 #D6F0B8

monochromatic

#5358DB #8589E5 #B8BAF0 #E6E6FA #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B8BAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B8BAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAF0

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAF0	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8baf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.076 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecef5',
    500: '#b8baf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8baf0;
$custom-light: #cecef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8baf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80601,
    "c": 0.07606,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAF0

secondary

#CFCC7E

accent

#C719CD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAF0

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

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