#B5BAFA#B5BAFA

#B5BAFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.090 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BAFA
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(236, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 12.11, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 34.37, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% 0.0168 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.09 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8657, 51.8423, 97.5925)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BAFA #FAF5B5

analogous

#B5DDFA #B5BAFA #D3B5FA

triadic

#B5BAFA #FAB5BA #BAFAB5

tetradic

#B5BAFA #FAB5DD #FAF5B5 #B5FAD3

square

#B5BAFA #FAB5DD #FAF5B5 #B5FAD3

split-complementary

#B5BAFA #FAD3B5 #DDFAB5

monochromatic

#424FF2 #7C85F6 #B5BAFA #E2E4FD #E2E4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B5BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#B5BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BAFA

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BAFA	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BCF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.090 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccefc',
    500: '#b5bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bafa;
$custom-light: #cccefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80781,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BAFA

secondary

#DED675

accent

#D402E4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BAFA

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

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