#B5CAEB#B5CAEB

#B5CAEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.052 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CAEB
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(217, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -0.04, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 18.65, 269.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0095 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.052 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1680, 58.0614, 86.8815)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CAEB #EBD6B5

analogous

#B5E5EB #B5CAEB #BBB5EB

triadic

#B5CAEB #EBB5CA #CAEBB5

tetradic

#B5CAEB #EBB5E5 #EBD6B5 #B5EBBB

square

#B5CAEB #EBB5E5 #EBD6B5 #B5EBBB

split-complementary

#B5CAEB #EBBBB5 #E5EBB5

monochromatic

#5585D1 #85A7DE #B5CAEB #E5EDF8 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B5CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#B5CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CAEB

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CAEB	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.052 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdaf1',
    500: '#b5caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5caeb;
$custom-light: #ccdaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83407,
    "c": 0.05176,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CAEB

secondary

#C7AA7D

accent

#8520C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CAEB

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

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