#B5B2BF#B5B2BF

#B5B2BF is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.019 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B2BF
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(254, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 3.54, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 7.15, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0083 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.019 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3787, 45.4261, 55.7102)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B2BF #BCBFB2

analogous

#B2B6BF #B5B2BF #BCB2BF

triadic

#B5B2BF #BFB5B2 #B2BFB5

tetradic

#B5B2BF #BFB2B6 #BCBFB2 #B2BFBC

square

#B5B2BF #BFB2B6 #BCBFB2 #B2BFBC

split-complementary

#B5B2BF #BFBCB2 #B6BFB2

monochromatic

#757087 #9591A3 #B5B2BF #D5D3DB #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B5B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#B5B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B2BF

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B2BF	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.019 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9d2',
    500: '#b5b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b2bf;
$custom-light: #cbc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.01857,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B2BF

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#935284

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B2BF

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

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