#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
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(218, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(218, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, 0.35, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 17.98, 271.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0079 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.05 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2720, 56.9571, 84.4627)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##B5C8E8	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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