#B5BABE#B5BABE

#B5BABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.008 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BABE
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -0.97, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 2.80, 249.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0038 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.008 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9074, 48.6590, 55.6788)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BABE #BEB9B5

analogous

#B5BEBD #B5BABE #B5B5BE

triadic

#B5BABE #BEB5BA #BABEB5

tetradic

#B5BABE #BDB5BE #BEB9B5 #B5BEB5

square

#B5BABE #BDB5BE #BEB9B5 #B5BEB5

split-complementary

#B5BABE #BEB5B5 #BEBDB5

monochromatic

#747D84 #949CA1 #B5BABE #D6D8DB #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B5BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BABE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BABE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.008 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbced1',
    500: '#b5babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5babe;
$custom-light: #cbced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78616,
    "c": 0.00797,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BABE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#6F5590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BABE

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

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