#B5BCF5#B5BCF5

#B5BCF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.081 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCF5
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 245)
HSL	hsl(233, 76%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, 9.82, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 30.60, 288.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0126 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.081 279)
XYZ	xyz(53.5164, 52.3815, 93.6595)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCF5 #F5EEB5

analogous

#B5DCF5 #B5BCF5 #CEB5F5

triadic

#B5BCF5 #F5B5BC #BCF5B5

tetradic

#B5BCF5 #F5B5DC #F5EEB5 #B5F5CE

square

#B5BCF5 #F5B5DC #F5EEB5 #B5F5CE

split-complementary

#B5BCF5 #F5CEB5 #DCF5B5

monochromatic

#495AE6 #7F8BEE #B5BCF5 #E4E7FB #E4E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5BCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#B5BCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCF5

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCF5	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BDF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.081 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0f8',
    500: '#b5bcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcf5;
$custom-light: #ccd0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.438,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8097,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.52383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCF5

secondary

#D6CC78

accent

#C20DD8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCF5

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

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