#B5BBAE#B5BBAE

#B5BBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.019 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBAE
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(88, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(88, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -4.48, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 7.37, 127.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0116 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.019 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4651, 48.4203, 47.0397)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBAE #B4AEBB

analogous

#BBBAAE #B5BBAE #AEBBAE

triadic

#B5BBAE #AEB5BB #BBAEB5

tetradic

#B5BBAE #AEBBBA #B4AEBB #BBAEAE

square

#B5BBAE #AEBBBA #B4AEBB #BBAEAE

split-complementary

#B5BBAE #AEAEBB #BAAEBB

monochromatic

#78826D #979F8D #B5BBAE #D3D7CF #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B5BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B5BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBAE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBAE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.019 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfc6',
    500: '#b5bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbae;
$custom-light: #cbcfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.692,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78361,
    "c": 0.01925,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBAE

secondary

#E2E1E4

accent

#539370

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBAE

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

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