#B5BDFF#B5BDFF

#B5BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.093 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDFF
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(234, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(234, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 11.67, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 35.37, 289.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% 0.0142 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.093 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2988, 53.4374, 101.9892)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDFF #FFF7B5

analogous

#B5E2FF #B5BDFF #D2B5FF

triadic

#B5BDFF #FFB5BD #BDFFB5

tetradic

#B5BDFF #FFB5E2 #FFF7B5 #B5FFD2

square

#B5BDFF #FFB5E2 #FFF7B5 #B5FFD2

split-complementary

#B5BDFF #FFD2B5 #E2FFB5

monochromatic

#3B50FF #7886FF #B5BDFF #E0E4FF #E0E4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B5BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#B5BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDFF

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDFF	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.093 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0ff',
    500: '#b5bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdff;
$custom-light: #ccd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.514,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81577,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDFF

secondary

#E6DA72

accent

#CD00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDFF

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

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