#B8BEE2#B8BEE2

#B8BEE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.051 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEE2
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(231, 42%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(231, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 5.31, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 19.36, 285.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0069 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.051 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9048, 52.5074, 79.3371)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEE2 #E2DCB8

analogous

#B8D3E2 #B8BEE2 #C7B8E2

triadic

#B8BEE2 #E2B8BE #BEE2B8

tetradic

#B8BEE2 #E2B8D3 #E2DCB8 #B8E2C7

square

#B8BEE2 #E2B8D3 #E2DCB8 #B8E2C7

split-complementary

#B8BEE2 #E2C7B8 #D3E2B8

monochromatic

#616EBF #8D96D0 #B8BEE2 #E3E6F4 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B8BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#B8BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEE2

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEE2	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.051 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1eb',
    500: '#b8bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bee2;
$custom-light: #cdd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 42,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80866,
    "c": 0.05116,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEE2

secondary

#BBB383

accent

#A230B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEE2

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

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