#B5BAD8#B5BAD8

#B5BAD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.043 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BAD8
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(231, 31%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 4.35, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 16.21, 285.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0059 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.043 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0068, 49.8987, 72.0019)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BAD8 #D8D3B5

analogous

#B5CBD8 #B5BAD8 #C1B5D8

triadic

#B5BAD8 #D8B5BA #BAD8B5

tetradic

#B5BAD8 #D8B5CB #D8D3B5 #B5D8C1

square

#B5BAD8 #D8B5CB #D8D3B5 #B5D8C1

split-complementary

#B5BAD8 #D8C1B5 #CBD8B5

monochromatic

#656FAE #8D95C3 #B5BAD8 #DDDFED #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B5BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B5BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BAD8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BAD8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.043 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcee4',
    500: '#b5bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bad8;
$custom-light: #cbcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79473,
    "c": 0.04276,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BAD8

secondary

#EBE9E0

accent

#9A3CAA

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BAD8

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

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