#B5C8E8#B5C8E8

#B5C8E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.050 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B5C8E8
RGBrgb(181, 200, 232)
HSLhsl(218, 53%, 81%)
HSVhsv(218, 22%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(80.16, 0.35, -17.98)
CIE-LCHlch(80.16, 17.98, 271.10°)
OKLaboklab(82.89% -0.0079 -0.049)
OKLCHoklch(82.89% 0.05 260.9)
XYZxyz(54.2720, 56.9571, 84.4627)
Luminance0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B5C8E8 #E8D5B5
analogous
#B5E1E8 #B5C8E8 #BBB5E8
triadic
#B5C8E8 #E8B5C8 #C8E8B5
tetradic
#B5C8E8 #E8B5E1 #E8D5B5 #B5E8BB
square
#B5C8E8 #E8B5E1 #E8D5B5 #B5E8BB
split-complementary
#B5C8E8 #E8BBB5 #E1E8B5
monochromatic
#5883CB #86A5D9 #B5C8E8 #E4EBF7 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#B5C8E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39
#B5C8E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C8E8
12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B5C8E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B5C8E81.001.6912.3912.39
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3921.001.001.00
##00000012.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEC9EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9C5E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8CED2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b5c8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.050 260.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd8ef',
    500: '#b5c8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b5c8e8;
$custom-light: #cbd8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b5c8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.647,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82891,
    "c": 0.04963,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B5C8E8
secondary
#C3A97E
accent
#8626C0
background
#FEFEFF
surface
#FAFBFE
border
#D3D4D6
text
#131416
muted
#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C8E8

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

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#B5C8E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva