#B8CAEC#B8CAEC

#B8CAEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.052 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CAEC
RGB	rgb(184, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(219, 58%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(219, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, 1.09, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 18.84, 273.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0061 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.052 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0241, 58.4861, 87.6778)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CAEC #ECDAB8

analogous

#B8E4EC #B8CAEC #C0B8EC

triadic

#B8CAEC #ECB8CA #CAECB8

tetradic

#B8CAEC #ECB8E4 #ECDAB8 #B8ECC0

square

#B8CAEC #ECB8E4 #ECDAB8 #B8ECC0

split-complementary

#B8CAEC #ECC0B8 #E4ECB8

monochromatic

#5782D2 #88A6DF #B8CAEC #E7EDF9 #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B8CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#B8CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CAEC

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CAEC	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.052 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf2',
    500: '#b8caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8caec;
$custom-light: #cedaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.05166,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CAEC

secondary

#C9AF7F

accent

#8C20C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CAEC

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

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