#B5BDCD#B5BDCD

#B5BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.024 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDCD
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(220, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 0.42, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 8.99, 272.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0024 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.024 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2707, 50.6261, 64.9745)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDCD #CDC5B5

analogous

#B5C9CD #B5BDCD #B9B5CD

triadic

#B5BDCD #CDB5BD #BDCDB5

tetradic

#B5BDCD #CDB5C9 #CDC5B5 #B5CDB9

square

#B5BDCD #CDB5C9 #CDC5B5 #B5CDB9

split-complementary

#B5BDCD #CDB9B5 #C9CDB5

monochromatic

#6C7C9C #909CB4 #B5BDCD #DADEE6 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B5BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDCD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDCD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.024 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0dc',
    500: '#b5bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdcd;
$custom-light: #cbd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7971,
    "c": 0.02429,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDCD

secondary

#A29884

accent

#81489E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDCD

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

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