#B5BCDA#B5BCDA

#B5BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.043 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCDA
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(229, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 3.70, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 16.25, 283.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.0038 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.043 275)
XYZ	xyz(49.6912, 50.8514, 73.5134)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCDA #DAD3B5

analogous

#B5CEDA #B5BCDA #C0B5DA

triadic

#B5BCDA #DAB5BC #BCDAB5

tetradic

#B5BCDA #DAB5CE #DAD3B5 #B5DAC0

square

#B5BCDA #DAB5CE #DAD3B5 #B5DAC0

split-complementary

#B5BCDA #DAC0B5 #CEDAB5

monochromatic

#6372B1 #8C97C6 #B5BCDA #DEE1EE #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B5BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCDA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCDA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.043 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0e5',
    500: '#b5bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcda;
$custom-light: #cbd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.50852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCDA

secondary

#B1A882

accent

#9639AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCDA

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

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