#B8C4E3#B8C4E3

#B8C4E3 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.046 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C4E3
RGB	rgb(184, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(223, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(223, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, 2.30, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 16.93, 277.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0011 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.046 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3688, 55.2152, 80.5040)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C4E3 #E3D7B8

analogous

#B8D9E3 #B8C4E3 #C1B8E3

triadic

#B8C4E3 #E3B8C4 #C4E3B8

tetradic

#B8C4E3 #E3B8D9 #E3D7B8 #B8E3C1

square

#B8C4E3 #E3B8D9 #E3D7B8 #B8E3C1

split-complementary

#B8C4E3 #E3C1B8 #D9E3B8

monochromatic

#607BC0 #8CA0D2 #B8C4E3 #E4E8F4 #E9EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B8C4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#B8C4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C4E3

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C4E3	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.046 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd5eb',
    500: '#b8c4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c4e3;
$custom-light: #cdd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.256,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82114,
    "c": 0.0456,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C4E3

secondary

#BDAC83

accent

#912FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C4E3

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

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