#B5BBCF#B5BBCF

#B5BBCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.029 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBCF
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(226, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 1.91, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 10.92, 280.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.0012 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.029 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0864, 49.8688, 66.1116)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBCF #CFC9B5

analogous

#B5C8CF #B5BBCF #BCB5CF

triadic

#B5BBCF #CFB5BB #BBCFB5

tetradic

#B5BBCF #CFB5C8 #CFC9B5 #B5CFBC

square

#B5BBCF #CFB5C8 #CFC9B5 #B5CFBC

split-complementary

#B5BBCF #CFBCB5 #C8CFB5

monochromatic

#6B779F #9099B7 #B5BBCF #DADDE7 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B5BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B5BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBCF

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBCF	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.029 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfdd',
    500: '#b5bbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbcf;
$custom-light: #cbcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79366,
    "c": 0.02903,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBCF

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8B46A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBCF

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

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