#B5BBCB#B5BBCB

#B5BBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.024 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBCB
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(224, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(224, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 1.08, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 8.83, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0002 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.024 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6036, 49.6757, 63.5687)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBCB #CBC5B5

analogous

#B5C6CB #B5BBCB #BAB5CB

triadic

#B5BBCB #CBB5BB #BBCBB5

tetradic

#B5BBCB #CBB5C6 #CBC5B5 #B5CBBA

square

#B5BBCB #CBB5C6 #CBC5B5 #B5CBBA

split-complementary

#B5BBCB #CBBAB5 #C6CBB5

monochromatic

#6D7998 #919AB2 #B5BBCB #D9DCE4 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B5BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBCB

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBCB	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.024 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfda',
    500: '#b5bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbcb;
$custom-light: #cbcfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79234,
    "c": 0.02357,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBCB

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#854A9C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBCB

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

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