#B8BEE8#B8BEE8

#B8BEE8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.060 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEE8
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(233, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(233, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 6.64, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 22.55, 287.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% 0.0089 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.06 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7425, 52.8425, 83.7491)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEE8 #E8E2B8

analogous

#B8D6E8 #B8BEE8 #CAB8E8

triadic

#B8BEE8 #E8B8BE #BEE8B8

tetradic

#B8BEE8 #E8B8D6 #E8E2B8 #B8E8CA

square

#B8BEE8 #E8B8D6 #E8E2B8 #B8E8CA

split-complementary

#B8BEE8 #E8CAB8 #D6E8B8

monochromatic

#5C69CA #8A94D9 #B8BEE8 #E6E8F7 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B8BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#B8BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEE8

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEE8	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.060 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1ef',
    500: '#b8bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bee8;
$custom-light: #ced1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81087,
    "c": 0.05954,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEE8

secondary

#C3BB81

accent

#AC27BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEE8

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

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