#B5BBDB#B5BBDB

#B5BBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.046 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBDB
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(231, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 4.46, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 17.29, 284.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0055 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.046 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6096, 50.4781, 74.1337)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBDB #DBD5B5

analogous

#B5CEDB #B5BBDB #C2B5DB

triadic

#B5BBDB #DBB5BB #BBDBB5

tetradic

#B5BBDB #DBB5CE #DBD5B5 #B5DBC2

square

#B5BBDB #DBB5CE #DBD5B5 #B5DBC2

split-complementary

#B5BBDB #DBC2B5 #CEDBB5

monochromatic

#636FB3 #8C95C7 #B5BBDB #DEE1EF #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B5BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBDB

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBDB	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.046 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe6',
    500: '#b5bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbdb;
$custom-light: #cbcfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79782,
    "c": 0.04571,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBDB

secondary

#B2AB82

accent

#9B38AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBDB

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

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