#B5BAF3#B5BAF3

#B5BAF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.081 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BAF3
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 243)
HSL	hsl(235, 72%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(235, 26%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 10.45, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 30.64, 289.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0147 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.081 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7885, 51.4114, 91.9188)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BAF3 #F3EEB5

analogous

#B5D9F3 #B5BAF3 #CFB5F3

triadic

#B5BAF3 #F3B5BA #BAF3B5

tetradic

#B5BAF3 #F3B5D9 #F3EEB5 #B5F3CF

square

#B5BAF3 #F3B5D9 #F3EEB5 #B5F3CF

split-complementary

#B5BAF3 #F3CFB5 #D9F3B5

monochromatic

#4C58E2 #8089EA #B5BAF3 #E5E6FB #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B5BAF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B5BAF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BAF3

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BAF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BAF3	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC0F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BCF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5baf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.081 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccef7',
    500: '#b5baf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5baf3;
$custom-light: #cccef7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5baf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80495,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BAF3

secondary

#D3CC79

accent

#C411D4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFAFE

border

#D3D3D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BAF3

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

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