#B5BCCE#B5BCCE

#B5BCCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.027 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCCE
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(223, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 1.16, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 9.94, 276.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0006 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.027 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1774, 50.2458, 65.5408)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCCE #CEC7B5

analogous

#B5C8CE #B5BCCE #BAB5CE

triadic

#B5BCCE #CEB5BC #BCCEB5

tetradic

#B5BCCE #CEB5C8 #CEC7B5 #B5CEBA

square

#B5BCCE #CEB5C8 #CEC7B5 #B5CEBA

split-complementary

#B5BCCE #CEBAB5 #C8CEB5

monochromatic

#6B799D #909BB6 #B5BCCE #DADDE6 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B5BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCCE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCCE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.027 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0dd',
    500: '#b5bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcce;
$custom-light: #cbd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79538,
    "c": 0.0266,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCCE

secondary

#A39A84

accent

#86479F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCCE

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

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