#B5B4E2#B5B4E2

#B5B4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.065 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B4E2
RGB	rgb(181, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(241, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(241, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, 9.83, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 24.89, 293.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0177 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.065 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1015, 47.9565, 78.6064)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B4E2 #E1E2B4

analogous

#B4CAE2 #B5B4E2 #CCB4E2

triadic

#B5B4E2 #E2B5B4 #B4E2B5

tetradic

#B5B4E2 #E2B4CA #E1E2B4 #B4E2CC

square

#B5B4E2 #E2B4CA #E1E2B4 #B4E2CC

split-complementary

#B5B4E2 #E2CCB4 #CAE2B4

monochromatic

#5E5CC0 #8988D1 #B5B4E2 #E1E0F3 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B5B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B5B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B4E2

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B4E2	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABBCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.065 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcaeb',
    500: '#b5b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b4e2;
$custom-light: #cbcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.304,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78639,
    "c": 0.06498,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B4E2

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B72EB4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B4E2

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

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