#B5BBCE#B5BBCE

#B5BBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.028 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBCE
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 1.70, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 10.40, 279.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.0009 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.028 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9645, 49.8201, 65.4698)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBCE #CEC8B5

analogous

#B5C7CE #B5BBCE #BBB5CE

triadic

#B5BBCE #CEB5BB #BBCEB5

tetradic

#B5BBCE #CEB5C7 #CEC8B5 #B5CEBB

square

#B5BBCE #CEB5C7 #CEC8B5 #B5CEBB

split-complementary

#B5BBCE #CEBBB5 #C7CEB5

monochromatic

#6B779D #9099B6 #B5BBCE #DADDE6 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#B5BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBCE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBCE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.028 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfdd',
    500: '#b5bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbce;
$custom-light: #cbcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79333,
    "c": 0.02765,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBCE

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#8A479F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBCE

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

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