#B5BFDB#B5BFDB

#B5BFDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.041 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFDB
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(224, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(224, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 2.30, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 15.31, 278.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0001 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.041 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4700, 52.1989, 74.4205)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFDB #DBD1B5

analogous

#B5D2DB #B5BFDB #BEB5DB

triadic

#B5BFDB #DBB5BF #BFDBB5

tetradic

#B5BFDB #DBB5D2 #DBD1B5 #B5DBBE

square

#B5BFDB #DBB5D2 #DBD1B5 #B5DBBE

split-complementary

#B5BFDB #DBBEB5 #D2DBB5

monochromatic

#6378B3 #8C9BC7 #B5BFDB #DEE3EF #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B5BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#B5BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFDB

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFDB	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.041 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2e6',
    500: '#b5bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfdb;
$custom-light: #cbd2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80594,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFDB

secondary

#B2A682

accent

#8F38AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFDB

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

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