#B5BECB#B5BECB

#B5BECB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.021 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BECB
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(215, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(215, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -0.53, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 7.61, 266.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0045 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.021 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2466, 50.9619, 63.7831)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BECB #CBC2B5

analogous

#B5C9CB #B5BECB #B7B5CB

triadic

#B5BECB #CBB5BE #BECBB5

tetradic

#B5BECB #CBB5C9 #CBC2B5 #B5CBB7

square

#B5BECB #CBB5C9 #CBC2B5 #B5CBB7

split-complementary

#B5BECB #CBB7B5 #C9CBB5

monochromatic

#6D7F98 #919EB2 #B5BECB #D9DEE4 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B5BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BECB

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BECB	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.021 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1da',
    500: '#b5becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5becb;
$custom-light: #cbd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.02092,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BECB

secondary

#9F9585

accent

#7A4A9C

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BECB

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

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