#B5BECE#B5BECE

#B5BECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.025 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BECE
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(218, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 0.09, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 9.09, 270.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0034 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.025 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6076, 51.1063, 65.6842)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BECE #CEC5B5

analogous

#B5CACE #B5BECE #B8B5CE

triadic

#B5BECE #CEB5BE #BECEB5

tetradic

#B5BECE #CEB5CA #CEC5B5 #B5CEB8

square

#B5BECE #CEB5CA #CEC5B5 #B5CEB8

split-complementary

#B5BECE #CEB8B5 #CACEB5

monochromatic

#6B7D9D #909EB6 #B5BECE #DADEE6 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B5BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B5BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BECE

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BECE	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.025 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1dd',
    500: '#b5bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bece;
$custom-light: #cbd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79948,
    "c": 0.02472,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BECE

secondary

#A39884

accent

#7F479F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BECE

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

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