#B5BAE3#B5BAE3

#B5BAE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.058 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BAE3
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(233, 45%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(233, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 6.77, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 22.09, 287.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0096 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.058 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4767, 50.4867, 79.7437)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BAE3 #E3DEB5

analogous

#B5D1E3 #B5BAE3 #C7B5E3

triadic

#B5BAE3 #E3B5BA #BAE3B5

tetradic

#B5BAE3 #E3B5D1 #E3DEB5 #B5E3C7

square

#B5BAE3 #E3B5D1 #E3DEB5 #B5E3C7

split-complementary

#B5BAE3 #E3C7B5 #D1E3B5

monochromatic

#5C67C1 #8991D2 #B5BAE3 #E1E3F4 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B5BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BAE3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BAE3	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.058 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbceeb',
    500: '#b5bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bae3;
$custom-light: #cbceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.478,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BAE3

secondary

#BDB680

accent

#A92DB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFD

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BAE3

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

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