#B8C4E9#B8C4E9

#B8C4E9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.054 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C4E9
RGB	rgb(184, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(225, 53%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(225, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 3.63, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 20.03, 280.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% 0.001 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.054 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2114, 55.5522, 84.9415)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C4E9 #E9DDB8

analogous

#B8DDE9 #B8C4E9 #C5B8E9

triadic

#B8C4E9 #E9B8C4 #C4E9B8

tetradic

#B8C4E9 #E9B8DD #E9DDB8 #B8E9C5

square

#B8C4E9 #E9B8DD #E9DDB8 #B8E9C5

split-complementary

#B8C4E9 #E9C5B8 #DDE9B8

monochromatic

#5B76CC #899DDB #B8C4E9 #E7EBF7 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#B8C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#B8C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C4E9

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C4E9	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACCBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.054 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced5f0',
    500: '#b8c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c4e9;
$custom-light: #ced5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.306,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8233,
    "c": 0.05374,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C4E9

secondary

#C5B481

accent

#9A25C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C4E9

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

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