#B5BBCC#B5BBCC

#B5BBCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.025 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBCC
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(224, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(224, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 1.29, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 9.35, 277.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0001 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.025 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7231, 49.7235, 64.1984)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBCC #CCC6B5

analogous

#B5C6CC #B5BBCC #BAB5CC

triadic

#B5BBCC #CCB5BB #BBCCB5

tetradic

#B5BBCC #CCB5C6 #CCC6B5 #B5CCBA

square

#B5BBCC #CCB5C6 #CCC6B5 #B5CCBA

split-complementary

#B5BBCC #CCBAB5 #C6CCB5

monochromatic

#6D789A #919AB3 #B5BBCC #D9DCE5 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B5BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBCC

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBCC	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)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.025 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfdb',
    500: '#b5bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbcc;
$custom-light: #cbcfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79266,
    "c": 0.02492,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBCC

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#87499D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBCC

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

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