#B8BCED#B8BCED

#B8BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.069 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCED
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 8.86, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 26.30, 289.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% 0.0133 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.069 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0327, 52.2702, 87.3994)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCED #EDE9B8

analogous

#B8D6ED #B8BCED #CFB8ED

triadic

#B8BCED #EDB8BC #BCEDB8

tetradic

#B8BCED #EDB8D6 #EDE9B8 #B8EDCF

square

#B8BCED #EDB8D6 #EDE9B8 #B8EDCF

split-complementary

#B8BCED #EDCFB8 #D6EDB8

monochromatic

#5660D4 #878EE1 #B8BCED #E7E8F9 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B8BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B8BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCED

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCED	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.069 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0f3',
    500: '#b8bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bced;
$custom-light: #ced0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.472,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80879,
    "c": 0.06915,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCED

secondary

#CAC57F

accent

#BA1EC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCED

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

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