#B5BCED#B5BCED

#B5BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.070 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCED
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 7.96, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 26.35, 287.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0101 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.07 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3214, 51.9035, 87.3661)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCED #EDE6B5

analogous

#B5D8ED #B5BCED #CAB5ED

triadic

#B5BCED #EDB5BC #BCEDB5

tetradic

#B5BCED #EDB5D8 #EDE6B5 #B5EDCA

square

#B5BCED #EDB5D8 #EDE6B5 #B5EDCA

split-complementary

#B5BCED #EDCAB5 #D8EDB5

monochromatic

#5363D5 #848FE1 #B5BCED #E6E9F9 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B5BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B5BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCED

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCED	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.070 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0f3',
    500: '#b5bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bced;
$custom-light: #ccd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80654,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCED

secondary

#CAC07C

accent

#B31DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCED

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

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