Information about #B5BFD7 color

#B5BFD7 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5BFD7 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 191, 215) — 71% red, 74.9% green, 84.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 9 / 0 / 16. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B5BFD7 reads as a moderately toned sky-leaning azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Spindle (#B3C4D8). Slightly further away sit Pigeon Post (#AFBDD9) and Serendipity (#B1B9D3).

The recipe behind #B5BFD7 is rgb(181, 191, 215), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 11.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B5BFD7 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B5BFD7 color variations

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

#B5BFD7 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B5BFD7

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

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Pigeon Post color link
Pigeon Post

#AFBDD9

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Cloudy Blue color link
Cloudy Blue

#ACC2D9

Soft Violet color link
Soft Violet

#BBB5D8

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Pastel Blue color link
Pastel Blue

#AEC6CF

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5BFD7
  • RGB181, 191, 215
  • CMYK13, 9, 0, 16
  • CSSrgb(181, 191, 215)
  • HSL222°, 30%, 78%
  • HSL Precise222.353°, 29.825%, 77.647%
  • HSV222°, 16%, 84%
  • HSB222°, 16%, 84%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.749
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.843
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.749, 0.843)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.749, 0.843, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.749, 0.843)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB84.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB5BFD7
  • DECIMAL ID11911127
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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