#B5BFCD#B5BFCD

#B5BFCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.023 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFCD
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -0.65, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 8.23, 265.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0052 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.023 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7038, 51.4925, 65.1189)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFCD #CDC3B5

analogous

#B5CBCD #B5BFCD #B7B5CD

triadic

#B5BFCD #CDB5BF #BFCDB5

tetradic

#B5BFCD #CDB5CB #CDC3B5 #B5CDB7

square

#B5BFCD #CDB5CB #CDC3B5 #B5CDB7

split-complementary

#B5BFCD #CDB7B5 #CBCDB5

monochromatic

#6C809C #909FB4 #B5BFCD #DADFE6 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B5BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#B5BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFCD

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFCD	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.023 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2dc',
    500: '#b5bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfcd;
$custom-light: #cbd2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80122,
    "c": 0.02267,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFCD

secondary

#A29684

accent

#7A489E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFCD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →