#B5BCF4#B5BCF4

#B5BCF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.079 H 278.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCF4
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 244)
HSL	hsl(233, 74%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 23%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 9.59, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 30.07, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0123 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.079 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3642, 52.3206, 92.8577)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCF4 #F4EDB5

analogous

#B5DBF4 #B5BCF4 #CDB5F4

triadic

#B5BCF4 #F4B5BC #BCF4B5

tetradic

#B5BCF4 #F4B5DB #F4EDB5 #B5F4CD

square

#B5BCF4 #F4B5DB #F4EDB5 #B5F4CD

split-complementary

#B5BCF4 #F4CDB5 #DBF4B5

monochromatic

#4A5CE4 #808CEC #B5BCF4 #E4E7FB #E4E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5BCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B5BCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCF4

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCF4	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC2F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BDF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.079 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0f8',
    500: '#b5bcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcf4;
$custom-light: #ccd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8093,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCF4

secondary

#D4CA79

accent

#C00FD6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCF4

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

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