#B5BEE2#B5BEE2

#B5BEE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.052 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEE2
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, 4.38, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 19.47, 283.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0038 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.052 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1936, 52.1407, 79.3037)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEE2 #E2D9B5

analogous

#B5D5E2 #B5BEE2 #C3B5E2

triadic

#B5BEE2 #E2B5BE #BEE2B5

tetradic

#B5BEE2 #E2B5D5 #E2D9B5 #B5E2C3

square

#B5BEE2 #E2B5D5 #E2D9B5 #B5E2C3

split-complementary

#B5BEE2 #E2C3B5 #D5E2B5

monochromatic

#5D71C0 #8997D1 #B5BEE2 #E1E5F3 #E9ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B5BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B5BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEE2

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEE2	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.052 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1eb',
    500: '#b5bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bee2;
$custom-light: #cbd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.05184,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEE2

secondary

#BBAF80

accent

#9C2FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFD

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEE2

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

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