#B5BBC8#B5BBC8

#B5BBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.020 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBC8
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 0.47, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 7.28, 273.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0014 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.02 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2495, 49.5341, 61.7041)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBC8 #C8C2B5

analogous

#B5C5C8 #B5BBC8 #B9B5C8

triadic

#B5BBC8 #C8B5BB #BBC8B5

tetradic

#B5BBC8 #C8B5C5 #C8C2B5 #B5C8B9

square

#B5BBC8 #C8B5C5 #C8C2B5 #B5C8B9

split-complementary

#B5BBC8 #C8B9B5 #C5C8B5

monochromatic

#6F7A94 #929BAE #B5BBC8 #D8DBE2 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B5BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBC8

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBC8	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.020 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfd8',
    500: '#b5bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbc8;
$custom-light: #cbcfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 14.729,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79136,
    "c": 0.01954,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBC8

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#814D99

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBC8

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

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