#B5C8E9#B5C8E9

#B5C8E9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.051 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C8E9
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 54%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(218, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 0.57, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 18.48, 271.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0075 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.051 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4144, 57.0141, 85.2129)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C8E9 #E9D6B5

analogous

#B5E2E9 #B5C8E9 #BCB5E9

triadic

#B5C8E9 #E9B5C8 #C8E9B5

tetradic

#B5C8E9 #E9B5E2 #E9D6B5 #B5E9BC

square

#B5C8E9 #E9B5E2 #E9D6B5 #B5E9BC

split-complementary

#B5C8E9 #E9BCB5 #E2E9B5

monochromatic

#5782CD #86A5DB #B5C8E9 #E4EBF7 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B5C8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#B5C8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C8E9

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C8E9	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.051 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd8f0',
    500: '#b5c8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c8e9;
$custom-light: #cbd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82927,
    "c": 0.05092,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C8E9

secondary

#C5AB7D

accent

#8824C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C8E9

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

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