#B5BBDC#B5BBDC

#B5BBDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.047 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBDC
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(231, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 4.68, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 17.82, 285.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0059 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.047 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7416, 50.5309, 74.8291)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBDC #DCD6B5

analogous

#B5CEDC #B5BBDC #C2B5DC

triadic

#B5BBDC #DCB5BB #BBDCB5

tetradic

#B5BBDC #DCB5CE #DCD6B5 #B5DCC2

square

#B5BBDC #DCB5CE #DCD6B5 #B5DCC2

split-complementary

#B5BBDC #DCC2B5 #CEDCB5

monochromatic

#626FB5 #8B95C8 #B5BBDC #DFE1F0 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B5BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBDC

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBDC	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.047 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe7',
    500: '#b5bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbdc;
$custom-light: #cbcfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79818,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBDC

secondary

#B4AC81

accent

#9C37AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBDC

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

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