#B5CAEE#B5CAEE

#B5CAEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.056 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CAEE
RGB	rgb(181, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(218, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, 0.64, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 20.12, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0085 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.056 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6051, 58.2363, 89.1834)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CAEE #EED9B5

analogous

#B5E6EE #B5CAEE #BDB5EE

triadic

#B5CAEE #EEB5CA #CAEEB5

tetradic

#B5CAEE #EEB5E6 #EED9B5 #B5EEBD

square

#B5CAEE #EEB5E6 #EED9B5 #B5EEBD

split-complementary

#B5CAEE #EEBDB5 #E6EEB5

monochromatic

#5183D7 #83A6E3 #B5CAEE #E6EDF9 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B5CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#B5CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CAEE

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CAEE	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.056 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdaf3',
    500: '#b5caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5caee;
$custom-light: #ccdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83516,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CAEE

secondary

#CCAE7C

accent

#8A1BCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CAEE

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

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