#B8CAEE#B8CAEE

#B8CAEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.054 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CAEE
RGB	rgb(184, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 1.54, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 19.84, 274.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0055 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.054 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3163, 58.6030, 89.2167)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CAEE #EEDCB8

analogous

#B8E5EE #B8CAEE #C1B8EE

triadic

#B8CAEE #EEB8CA #CAEEB8

tetradic

#B8CAEE #EEB8E5 #EEDCB8 #B8EEC1

square

#B8CAEE #EEB8E5 #EEDCB8 #B8EEC1

split-complementary

#B8CAEE #EEC1B8 #E5EEB8

monochromatic

#5580D6 #87A5E2 #B8CAEE #E6EDF9 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B8CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#B8CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CAEE

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CAEE	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.054 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf3',
    500: '#b8caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8caee;
$custom-light: #cedaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83726,
    "c": 0.05428,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CAEE

secondary

#CCB27E

accent

#901CC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CAEE

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

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