#B5BBDA#B5BBDA

#B5BBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.044 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBDA
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(230, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(230, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 4.25, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 16.76, 284.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0052 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.044 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4783, 50.4256, 73.4424)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBDA #DAD4B5

analogous

#B5CDDA #B5BBDA #C1B5DA

triadic

#B5BBDA #DAB5BB #BBDAB5

tetradic

#B5BBDA #DAB5CD #DAD4B5 #B5DAC1

square

#B5BBDA #DAB5CD #DAD4B5 #B5DAC1

split-complementary

#B5BBDA #DAC1B5 #CDDAB5

monochromatic

#6370B1 #8C96C6 #B5BBDA #DEE0EE #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#B5BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBDA

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBDA	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.044 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe5',
    500: '#b5bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbda;
$custom-light: #cbcfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79746,
    "c": 0.04431,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBDA

secondary

#B1AA82

accent

#9A39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBDA

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

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