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#b5baff

a pale, electric blue · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
181, 186, 255
HSL
236°, 100%, 86%
CMYK
29, 27, 0, 0
Luminance
0.5216

Every format

HEX#b5baff
RGBrgb(181, 186, 255)
HSLhsl(236, 100%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(29%, 27%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(77.4 13.3 -34.6)
LCHlch(77.4 37.0 291.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.810 0.097 280.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #b5baff;
background-color: #b5baff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b5baff] bg-[#b5baff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b5baff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.710, green: 0.729, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#b5baff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b5baff on white: 1.84:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b5baff on black: 11.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red71.0%
Green72.9%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan29.0%
Magenta27.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#b5baff text on a black background

contrast 11.43:1

Card sample

#b5baff text on a white background

contrast 1.84:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b5baff;
Background color
Panel with #b5baff background
background-color: #b5baff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b5baff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(181, 186, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(181, 186, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b5baff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5baff, #E1B5FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b5baff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #b5baff in the Color Lab