#B5BDCA#B5BDCA

#B5BDCA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.020 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDCA
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(217, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(217, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -0.19, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 7.49, 268.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0035 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.02 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9120, 50.4827, 63.0856)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDCA #CAC2B5

analogous

#B5C7CA #B5BDCA #B8B5CA

triadic

#B5BDCA #CAB5BD #BDCAB5

tetradic

#B5BDCA #CAB5C7 #CAC2B5 #B5CAB8

square

#B5BDCA #CAB5C7 #CAC2B5 #B5CAB8

split-complementary

#B5BDCA #CAB8B5 #C7CAB5

monochromatic

#6E7D97 #919DB0 #B5BDCA #D9DDE4 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B5BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDCA

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDCA	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.020 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0da',
    500: '#b5bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdca;
$custom-light: #cbd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79612,
    "c": 0.02041,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDCA

secondary

#9E9585

accent

#7C4B9B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDCA

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

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