#B5B3CD#B5B3CD

#B5B3CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.037 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B3CD
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(245, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(245, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 5.83, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 14.12, 294.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.012 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.037 289)
XYZ	xyz(46.1933, 46.4714, 64.2820)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B3CD #CBCDB3

analogous

#B3BECD #B5B3CD #C2B3CD

triadic

#B5B3CD #CDB5B3 #B3CDB5

tetradic

#B5B3CD #CDB3BE #CBCDB3 #B3CDC2

square

#B5B3CD #CDB3BE #CBCDB3 #B3CDC2

split-complementary

#B5B3CD #CDC2B3 #BECDB3

monochromatic

#6D699C #918EB5 #B5B3CD #D9D8E5 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B5B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B5B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B3CD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B3CD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.037 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9dc',
    500: '#b5b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b3cd;
$custom-light: #cbc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77673,
    "c": 0.03674,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.46472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B3CD

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9F4698

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B3CD

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

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