#B5BDCB#B5BDCB

#B5BDCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.022 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDCB
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(218, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 0.01, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 7.98, 270.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0031 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.022 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0308, 50.5302, 63.7112)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDCB #CBC3B5

analogous

#B5C8CB #B5BDCB #B8B5CB

triadic

#B5BDCB #CBB5BD #BDCBB5

tetradic

#B5BDCB #CBB5C8 #CBC3B5 #B5CBB8

square

#B5BDCB #CBB5C8 #CBC3B5 #B5CBB8

split-complementary

#B5BDCB #CBB8B5 #C8CBB5

monochromatic

#6D7D98 #919DB2 #B5BDCB #D9DDE4 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B5BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDCB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDCB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.022 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0da',
    500: '#b5bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdcb;
$custom-light: #cbd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79645,
    "c": 0.02169,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDCB

secondary

#9F9685

accent

#7E4A9C

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDCB

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

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