#B5BDF0#B5BDF0

#B5BDF0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.073 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDF0
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(232, 25%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 8.11, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 27.41, 287.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0097 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.073 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9778, 52.5090, 89.7652)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDF0 #F0E8B5

analogous

#B5DBF0 #B5BDF0 #CAB5F0

triadic

#B5BDF0 #F0B5BD #BDF0B5

tetradic

#B5BDF0 #F0B5DB #F0E8B5 #B5F0CA

square

#B5BDF0 #F0B5DB #F0E8B5 #B5F0CA

split-complementary

#B5BDF0 #F0CAB5 #DBF0B5

monochromatic

#4F62DB #8290E6 #B5BDF0 #E6E8FA #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5BDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#B5BDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDF0

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDF0	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.073 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0f5',
    500: '#b5bdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdf0;
$custom-light: #ccd0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.864,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8097,
    "c": 0.07255,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDF0

secondary

#CFC37B

accent

#B517CE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDF0

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

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