#B5BFCE#B5BFCE

#B5BFCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.024 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFCE
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(216, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(216, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -0.45, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 8.71, 267.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0048 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.024 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8249, 51.5409, 65.7566)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFCE #CEC4B5

analogous

#B5CBCE #B5BFCE #B7B5CE

triadic

#B5BFCE #CEB5BF #BFCEB5

tetradic

#B5BFCE #CEB5CB #CEC4B5 #B5CEB7

square

#B5BFCE #CEB5CB #CEC4B5 #B5CEB7

split-complementary

#B5BFCE #CEB7B5 #CBCEB5

monochromatic

#6B7F9D #909FB6 #B5BFCE #DADFE6 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B5BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B5BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFCE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFCE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.024 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2dd',
    500: '#b5bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfce;
$custom-light: #cbd2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80154,
    "c": 0.02391,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFCE

secondary

#A39784

accent

#7C479F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFCE

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

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