#B5BBDD#B5BBDD

#B5BBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.049 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBDD
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 4.90, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 18.35, 285.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0062 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.049 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8744, 50.5840, 75.5286)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBDD #DDD7B5

analogous

#B5CFDD #B5BBDD #C3B5DD

triadic

#B5BBDD #DDB5BB #BBDDB5

tetradic

#B5BBDD #DDB5CF #DDD7B5 #B5DDC3

square

#B5BBDD #DDB5CF #DDD7B5 #B5DDC3

split-complementary

#B5BBDD #DDC3B5 #CFDDB5

monochromatic

#616EB6 #8B94CA #B5BBDD #DFE2F0 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B5BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBDD

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBDD	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.049 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe7',
    500: '#b5bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbdd;
$custom-light: #cbcfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79854,
    "c": 0.04851,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBDD

secondary

#B5AD81

accent

#9E36B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBDD

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

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