#B5CBEF#B5CBEF

#B5CBEF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.056 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CBEF
RGB	rgb(181, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 64%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(217, 24%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, 0.33, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 20.20, 270.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0095 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.056 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9878, 58.7660, 90.0377)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CBEF #EFD9B5

analogous

#B5E8EF #B5CBEF #BCB5EF

triadic

#B5CBEF #EFB5CB #CBEFB5

tetradic

#B5CBEF #EFB5E8 #EFD9B5 #B5EFBC

square

#B5CBEF #EFB5E8 #EFD9B5 #B5EFBC

split-complementary

#B5CBEF #EFBCB5 #E8EFB5

monochromatic

#5084D9 #83A8E4 #B5CBEF #E6EDFA #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B5CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#B5CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CBEF

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CBEF	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.056 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdaf4',
    500: '#b5cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cbef;
$custom-light: #ccdaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83756,
    "c": 0.05601,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CBEF

secondary

#CDAE7B

accent

#8819CC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CBEF

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

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