#B5C8EA#B5C8EA

#B5C8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.052 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C8EA
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(218, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, 0.80, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 18.97, 272.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0072 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.052 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5577, 57.0714, 85.9673)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C8EA #EAD7B5

analogous

#B5E3EA #B5C8EA #BDB5EA

triadic

#B5C8EA #EAB5C8 #C8EAB5

tetradic

#B5C8EA #EAB5E3 #EAD7B5 #B5EABD

square

#B5C8EA #EAB5E3 #EAD7B5 #B5EABD

split-complementary

#B5C8EA #EABDB5 #E3EAB5

monochromatic

#5681CF #85A5DC #B5C8EA #E5EBF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B5C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#B5C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C8EA

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C8EA	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.052 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd8f0',
    500: '#b5c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c8ea;
$custom-light: #ccd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.491,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82963,
    "c": 0.05221,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C8EA

secondary

#C6AC7D

accent

#8A22C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C8EA

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

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