#B5BFDA#B5BFDA

#B5BFDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.040 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFDA
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(224, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(224, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 2.09, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 14.79, 278.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0004 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.04 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3387, 52.1464, 73.7292)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFDA #DAD0B5

analogous

#B5D1DA #B5BFDA #BDB5DA

triadic

#B5BFDA #DAB5BF #BFDAB5

tetradic

#B5BFDA #DAB5D1 #DAD0B5 #B5DABD

square

#B5BFDA #DAB5D1 #DAD0B5 #B5DABD

split-complementary

#B5BFDA #DABDB5 #D1DAB5

monochromatic

#6378B1 #8C9CC6 #B5BFDA #DEE2EE #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B5BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B5BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFDA

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFDA	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)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.040 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2e5',
    500: '#b5bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfda;
$custom-light: #cbd2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80559,
    "c": 0.03972,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFDA

secondary

#B1A482

accent

#8D39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFDA

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

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