#B5BBDF#B5BBDF

#B5BBDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.051 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBDF
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(231, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(231, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 5.34, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 19.42, 285.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0069 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.051 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1425, 50.6913, 76.9403)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBDF #DFD9B5

analogous

#B5D0DF #B5BBDF #C4B5DF

triadic

#B5BBDF #DFB5BB #BBDFB5

tetradic

#B5BBDF #DFB5D0 #DFD9B5 #B5DFC4

square

#B5BBDF #DFB5D0 #DFD9B5 #B5DFC4

split-complementary

#B5BBDF #DFC4B5 #D0DFB5

monochromatic

#606CBA #8A94CD #B5BBDF #E0E2F1 #EAEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B5BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBDF

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBDF	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.051 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfe9',
    500: '#b5bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbdf;
$custom-light: #cbcfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.05131,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBDF

secondary

#B8B081

accent

#A033B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBDF

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

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