#B5ABB2#B5ABB2

#B5ABB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.015 H 336.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABB2
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 178)
HSL	hsl(318, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(318, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 4.86, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 5.37, 334.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0137 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.015 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6537, 42.1642, 48.0550)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABB2 #ABB5AE

analogous

#B3ABB5 #B5ABB2 #B5ABAD

triadic

#B5ABB2 #B2B5AB #ABB2B5

tetradic

#B5ABB2 #B5B3AB #ABB5AE #ABADB5

square

#B5ABB2 #B5B3AB #ABB5AE #ABADB5

split-complementary

#B5ABB2 #ADB5AB #ABB5B3

monochromatic

#7A6C76 #988A94 #B5ABB2 #D2CCD0 #EEECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B5ABB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B5ABB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABB2

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABB2	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5abb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.015 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4c9',
    500: '#b5abb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5abb2;
$custom-light: #cbc4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5abb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 6.329,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.01501,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABB2

secondary

#DCDFDD

accent

#906755

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABB2

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

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