#B5BABC#B5BABC

#B5BABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.006 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BABC
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -1.36, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 2.11, 230.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0046 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.006 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6904, 48.5722, 54.5355)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BABC #BCB7B5

analogous

#B5BCBB #B5BABC #B5B6BC

triadic

#B5BABC #BCB5BA #BABCB5

tetradic

#B5BABC #BBB5BC #BCB7B5 #B6BCB5

square

#B5BABC #BBB5BC #BCB7B5 #B6BCB5

split-complementary

#B5BABC #BCB5B6 #BCBBB5

monochromatic

#757E81 #959C9F #B5BABC #D5D8D9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B5BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BABC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BABC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.006 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbced0',
    500: '#b5babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5babc;
$custom-light: #cbced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78555,
    "c": 0.00629,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BABC

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#67578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BABC

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

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