#B5BDCC#B5BDCC

#B5BDCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.023 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDCC
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(219, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(219, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 0.21, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 8.48, 271.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0027 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.023 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1504, 50.5780, 64.3408)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDCC #CCC4B5

analogous

#B5C8CC #B5BDCC #B8B5CC

triadic

#B5BDCC #CCB5BD #BDCCB5

tetradic

#B5BDCC #CCB5C8 #CCC4B5 #B5CCB8

square

#B5BDCC #CCB5C8 #CCC4B5 #B5CCB8

split-complementary

#B5BDCC #CCB8B5 #C8CCB5

monochromatic

#6D7C9A #919DB3 #B5BDCC #D9DDE5 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B5BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDCC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDCC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.023 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0db',
    500: '#b5bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdcc;
$custom-light: #cbd0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.13,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79677,
    "c": 0.02298,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDCC

secondary

#A19785

accent

#80499D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDCC

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

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