#B5CDFF#B5CDFF

#B5CDFF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.075 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDFF
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(221, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, 3.00, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 27.28, 276.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0068 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.075 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9323, 60.7044, 103.2004)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDFF #FFE7B5

analogous

#B5F2FF #B5CDFF #C2B5FF

triadic

#B5CDFF #FFB5CD #CDFFB5

tetradic

#B5CDFF #FFB5F2 #FFE7B5 #B5FFC2

square

#B5CDFF #FFB5F2 #FFE7B5 #B5FFC2

split-complementary

#B5CDFF #FFC2B5 #F2FFB5

monochromatic

#3B7AFF #78A4FF #B5CDFF #E0EAFF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#B5CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#B5CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDFF

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDFF	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDD0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D7DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.075 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdcff',
    500: '#b5cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdff;
$custom-light: #ccdcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84762,
    "c": 0.07491,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDFF

secondary

#E6C072

accent

#9B00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#131518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDFF

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

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