#B5BCDB#B5BCDB

#B5BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.044 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCDB
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(229, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 3.92, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 16.78, 283.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.0041 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.044 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8224, 50.9039, 74.2046)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCDB #DBD4B5

analogous

#B5CFDB #B5BCDB #C1B5DB

triadic

#B5BCDB #DBB5BC #BCDBB5

tetradic

#B5BCDB #DBB5CF #DBD4B5 #B5DBC1

square

#B5BCDB #DBB5CF #DBD4B5 #B5DBC1

split-complementary

#B5BCDB #DBC1B5 #CFDBB5

monochromatic

#6371B3 #8C97C7 #B5BCDB #DEE1EF #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B5BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCDB

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCDB	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.044 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0e6',
    500: '#b5bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcdb;
$custom-light: #cbd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.947,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79984,
    "c": 0.04449,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCDB

secondary

#B2AA82

accent

#9838AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCDB

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

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