#B5BCDF#B5BCDF

#B5BCDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.050 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCDF
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(230, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 4.80, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 18.90, 284.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0055 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.05 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3554, 51.1170, 77.0113)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCDF #DFD8B5

analogous

#B5D1DF #B5BCDF #C3B5DF

triadic

#B5BCDF #DFB5BC #BCDFB5

tetradic

#B5BCDF #DFB5D1 #DFD8B5 #B5DFC3

square

#B5BCDF #DFB5D1 #DFD8B5 #B5DFC3

split-complementary

#B5BCDF #DFC3B5 #D1DFB5

monochromatic

#606FBA #8A95CD #B5BCDF #E0E3F1 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B5BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B5BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCDF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCDF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.050 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0e9',
    500: '#b5bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcdf;
$custom-light: #cbd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80128,
    "c": 0.05006,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCDF

secondary

#B8AE81

accent

#9D33B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCDF

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

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