#B5BFDF#B5BFDF

#B5BFDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.047 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFDF
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(226, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(226, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, 3.18, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 17.40, 280.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% 0.0013 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.047 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0029, 52.4121, 77.2272)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFDF #DFD5B5

analogous

#B5D4DF #B5BFDF #C0B5DF

triadic

#B5BFDF #DFB5BF #BFDFB5

tetradic

#B5BFDF #DFB5D4 #DFD5B5 #B5DFC0

square

#B5BFDF #DFB5D4 #DFD5B5 #B5DFC0

split-complementary

#B5BFDF #DFC0B5 #D4DFB5

monochromatic

#6075BA #8A9ACD #B5BFDF #E0E4F1 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B5BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#B5BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFDF

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFDF	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.047 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2e9',
    500: '#b5bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfdf;
$custom-light: #cbd2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.04655,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFDF

secondary

#B8AA81

accent

#9433B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFDF

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

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