#B5BBD3#B5BBD3

#B5BBD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.035 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBD3
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(228, 25%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 2.75, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 13.04, 282.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% 0.0027 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.035 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5816, 50.0669, 68.7198)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBD3 #D3CDB5

analogous

#B5CAD3 #B5BBD3 #BEB5D3

triadic

#B5BBD3 #D3B5BB #BBD3B5

tetradic

#B5BBD3 #D3B5CA #D3CDB5 #B5D3BE

square

#B5BBD3 #D3B5CA #D3CDB5 #B5D3BE

split-complementary

#B5BBD3 #D3BEB5 #CAD3B5

monochromatic

#6874A5 #8F98BC #B5BBD3 #DBDEEA #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B5BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B5BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBD3

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBD3	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.035 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe0',
    500: '#b5bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbd3;
$custom-light: #cbcfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79502,
    "c": 0.03455,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBD3

secondary

#A9A183

accent

#9042A4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBD3

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

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