#B5BBCD#B5BBCD

#B5BBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.026 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBCD
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(225, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 1.49, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 9.87, 278.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% 0.0005 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.026 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8434, 49.7716, 64.8321)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBCD #CDC7B5

analogous

#B5C7CD #B5BBCD #BBB5CD

triadic

#B5BBCD #CDB5BB #BBCDB5

tetradic

#B5BBCD #CDB5C7 #CDC7B5 #B5CDBB

square

#B5BBCD #CDB5C7 #CDC7B5 #B5CDBB

split-complementary

#B5BBCD #CDBBB5 #C7CDB5

monochromatic

#6C789C #9099B4 #B5BBCD #DADDE6 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B5BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBCD

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBCD	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.026 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfdc',
    500: '#b5bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbcd;
$custom-light: #cbcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.793,
    "c": 0.02628,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBCD

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#88489E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBCD

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

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