#B5BBD2#B5BBD2

#B5BBD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.033 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBD2
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(228, 24%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 2.54, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 12.51, 281.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0023 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.033 274)
XYZ	xyz(48.4566, 50.0169, 68.0616)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBD2 #D2CCB5

analogous

#B5CAD2 #B5BBD2 #BEB5D2

triadic

#B5BBD2 #D2B5BB #BBD2B5

tetradic

#B5BBD2 #D2B5CA #D2CCB5 #B5D2BE

square

#B5BBD2 #D2B5CA #D2CCB5 #B5D2BE

split-complementary

#B5BBD2 #D2BEB5 #CAD2B5

monochromatic

#6975A4 #8F98BB #B5BBD2 #DBDEE9 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B5BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#B5BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBD2

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBD2	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.033 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfdf',
    500: '#b5bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbd2;
$custom-light: #cbcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 24.37,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.03317,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.50018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBD2

secondary

#A8A084

accent

#8F43A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBD2

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

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