#B5BBD0#B5BBD0

#B5BBD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.030 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBD0
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(227, 22%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 2.12, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 11.45, 280.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0016 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.03 273)
XYZ	xyz(48.2090, 49.9179, 66.7575)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBD0 #D0CAB5

analogous

#B5C9D0 #B5BBD0 #BDB5D0

triadic

#B5BBD0 #D0B5BB #BBD0B5

tetradic

#B5BBD0 #D0B5C9 #D0CAB5 #B5D0BD

square

#B5BBD0 #D0B5C9 #D0CAB5 #B5D0BD

split-complementary

#B5BBD0 #D0BDB5 #C9D0B5

monochromatic

#6A76A0 #9099B8 #B5BBD0 #DADDE8 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B5BBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B5BBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBD0

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBD0	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.030 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfde',
    500: '#b5bbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbd0;
$custom-light: #cbcfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 22.314,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.794,
    "c": 0.03041,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.49918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBD0

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8C45A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBD0

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

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