#B8CAEF#B8CAEF

#B8CAEF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.056 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CAEF
RGB	rgb(184, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 1.76, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 20.35, 274.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0051 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.056 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4636, 58.6619, 89.9926)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CAEF #EFDDB8

analogous

#B8E5EF #B8CAEF #C1B8EF

triadic

#B8CAEF #EFB8CA #CAEFB8

tetradic

#B8CAEF #EFB8E5 #EFDDB8 #B8EFC1

square

#B8CAEF #EFB8E5 #EFDDB8 #B8EFC1

split-complementary

#B8CAEF #EFC1B8 #E5EFB8

monochromatic

#547FD8 #86A5E4 #B8CAEF #E6ECF9 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B8CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#B8CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CAEF

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CAEF	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.056 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedaf4',
    500: '#b8caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8caef;
$custom-light: #cedaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83762,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CAEF

secondary

#CDB37E

accent

#911BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CAEF

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

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