#B2B5BF#B2B5BF

#B2B5BF is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.015 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B5BF
RGB	rgb(178, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(226, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(226, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 0.89, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 5.50, 279.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0007 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.015 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2861, 46.2740, 55.8788)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B5BF #BFBCB2

analogous

#B2BCBF #B2B5BF #B6B2BF

triadic

#B2B5BF #BFB2B5 #B5BFB2

tetradic

#B2B5BF #BFB2BC #BFBCB2 #B2BFB6

square

#B2B5BF #BFB2BC #BFBCB2 #B2BFB6

split-complementary

#B2B5BF #BFB6B2 #BCBFB2

monochromatic

#707587 #9195A3 #B2B5BF #D3D5DB #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B2B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B2B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B5BF

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B5BF	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.015 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cbd2',
    500: '#b2b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b5bf;
$custom-light: #c9cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77378,
    "c": 0.01455,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B5BF

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#845293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B5BF

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

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