#B5BBAF#B5BBAF

#B5BBAF is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.018 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBAF
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(90, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(90, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -4.30, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 6.86, 128.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0112 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.018 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5630, 48.4595, 47.5551)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBAF #B5AFBB

analogous

#BBBBAF #B5BBAF #AFBBAF

triadic

#B5BBAF #AFB5BB #BBAFB5

tetradic

#B5BBAF #AFBBBB #B5AFBB #BBAFAF

square

#B5BBAF #AFBBBB #B5AFBB #BBAFAF

split-complementary

#B5BBAF #AFAFBB #BBAFBB

monochromatic

#78826E #969F8E #B5BBAF #D4D7D0 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B5BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBAF

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBAF	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.018 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfc6',
    500: '#b5bbaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbaf;
$custom-light: #cbcfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78389,
    "c": 0.01796,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBAF

secondary

#E3E1E4

accent

#539273

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBAF

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

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