#B5B2BC#B5B2BC

#B5B2BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.014 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B2BC
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(258, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 2.95, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 5.55, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0072 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.014 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0519, 45.2954, 53.9893)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B2BC #B9BCB2

analogous

#B2B4BC #B5B2BC #BAB2BC

triadic

#B5B2BC #BCB5B2 #B2BCB5

tetradic

#B5B2BC #BCB2B4 #B9BCB2 #B2BCBA

square

#B5B2BC #BCB2B4 #B9BCB2 #B2BCBA

split-complementary

#B5B2BC #BCBAB2 #B4BCB2

monochromatic

#767182 #9691A0 #B5B2BC #D4D3D8 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#B5B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B2BC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B2BC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.014 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9d0',
    500: '#b5b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b2bc;
$custom-light: #cbc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.01443,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B2BC

secondary

#E5E6E4

accent

#91557F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B2BC

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

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