#B8BEE9#B8BEE9

#B8BEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.061 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEE9
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(233, 53%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(233, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, 6.87, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 23.09, 287.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0092 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.061 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8850, 52.8994, 84.4993)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEE9 #E9E3B8

analogous

#B8D7E9 #B8BEE9 #CBB8E9

triadic

#B8BEE9 #E9B8BE #BEE9B8

tetradic

#B8BEE9 #E9B8D7 #E9E3B8 #B8E9CB

square

#B8BEE9 #E9B8D7 #E9E3B8 #B8E9CB

split-complementary

#B8BEE9 #E9CBB8 #D7E9B8

monochromatic

#5B68CC #8993DB #B8BEE9 #E7E9F7 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B8BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#B8BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEE9

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEE9	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.061 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1f0',
    500: '#b8bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bee9;
$custom-light: #ced1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81125,
    "c": 0.06093,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEE9

secondary

#C5BC81

accent

#AD25C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEE9

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

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