#B5BEEB#B5BEEB

#B5BEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.064 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEEB
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(230, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, 6.41, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 24.23, 285.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0068 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.064 276)
XYZ	xyz(52.4611, 52.6477, 85.9792)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEEB #EBE2B5

analogous

#B5D9EB #B5BEEB #C7B5EB

triadic

#B5BEEB #EBB5BE #BEEBB5

tetradic

#B5BEEB #EBB5D9 #EBE2B5 #B5EBC7

square

#B5BEEB #EBB5D9 #EBE2B5 #B5EBC7

split-complementary

#B5BEEB #EBC7B5 #D9EBB5

monochromatic

#5569D1 #8594DE #B5BEEB #E5E8F8 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B5BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#B5BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEEB

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEEB	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.064 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd1f1',
    500: '#b5beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5beeb;
$custom-light: #ccd1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.06434,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.52649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEEB

secondary

#C7BB7D

accent

#AA20C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEEB

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

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