Information about #B5BBCD color

#B5BBCD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5BBCD falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 187, 205) — 71% red, 73.3% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 7 / 0 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #B5BBCD reads as a gently muted blue and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Alaska (#B2B9CD). Slightly further away sit Serendipity (#B1B9D3) and Blue Haze (#BDBACE).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 187, 205) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B5BBCD: 11.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. No one has named #B5BBCD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B5BBCD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B5BBCD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B5BBCD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B5BBCD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B5BBCD color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#B5BBCD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#BCCDB6
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #B5BBCD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Lavender Grey color link
Lavender Grey

#BDBBD7

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

Metallic Silver color link
Metallic Silver

#BCC6CC

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Half Grey Chateau color link
Half Grey Chateau

#BABDC1

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Pastel Blue color link
Pastel Blue

#AEC6CF

Icebreaker color link
Icebreaker

#A9B7C9

Pigeon Post color link
Pigeon Post

#AFBDD9

#B5BBCD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5BBCD
  • RGB181, 187, 205
  • CMYK9, 7, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(181, 187, 205)
  • HSL225°, 19%, 76%
  • HSL Precise225°, 19.355%, 75.686%
  • HSV225°, 12%, 80%
  • HSB225°, 12%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.733, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.733, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.733, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB5BBCD
  • DECIMAL ID11910093
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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