#B5BBDE#B5BBDE

#B5BBDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.050 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBDE
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(231, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, 5.12, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 18.89, 285.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0066 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.05 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0080, 50.6375, 76.2324)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBDE #DED8B5

analogous

#B5D0DE #B5BBDE #C4B5DE

triadic

#B5BBDE #DEB5BB #BBDEB5

tetradic

#B5BBDE #DEB5D0 #DED8B5 #B5DEC4

square

#B5BBDE #DEB5D0 #DED8B5 #B5DEC4

split-complementary

#B5BBDE #DEC4B5 #D0DEB5

monochromatic

#606DB8 #8B94CB #B5BBDE #DFE2F1 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B5BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBDE

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBDE	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.050 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe8',
    500: '#b5bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbde;
$custom-light: #cbcfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7989,
    "c": 0.04991,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBDE

secondary

#B6AE81

accent

#9F34B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBDE

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

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