#B8BEE3#B8BEE3

#B8BEE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.053 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEE3
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(232, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(232, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, 5.53, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 19.90, 286.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% 0.0072 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.053 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0424, 52.5624, 80.0618)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEE3 #E3DDB8

analogous

#B8D3E3 #B8BEE3 #C7B8E3

triadic

#B8BEE3 #E3B8BE #BEE3B8

tetradic

#B8BEE3 #E3B8D3 #E3DDB8 #B8E3C7

square

#B8BEE3 #E3B8D3 #E3DDB8 #B8E3C7

split-complementary

#B8BEE3 #E3C7B8 #D3E3B8

monochromatic

#606EC0 #8C96D2 #B8BEE3 #E4E6F4 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B8BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#B8BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEE3

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEE3	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.053 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1eb',
    500: '#b8bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bee3;
$custom-light: #cdd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80903,
    "c": 0.05255,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEE3

secondary

#BDB583

accent

#A42FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEE3

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

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