#B5ACED#B5ACED

#B5ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.092 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ACED
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(248, 64%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(248, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 16.76, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 35.52, 298.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0322 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.092 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0910, 45.4425, 86.2893)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ACED #E4EDAC

analogous

#ACC3ED #B5ACED #D6ACED

triadic

#B5ACED #EDB5AC #ACEDB5

tetradic

#B5ACED #EDACC3 #E4EDAC #ACEDD6

square

#B5ACED #EDACC3 #E4EDAC #ACEDD6

split-complementary

#B5ACED #EDD6AC #C3EDAC

monochromatic

#5B47D7 #887AE2 #B5ACED #E2DEF8 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B5ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#B5ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ACED

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ACED	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.092 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc4f3',
    500: '#b5aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aced;
$custom-light: #ccc4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7752,
    "c": 0.09217,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ACED

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CC19B3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ACED

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

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