#B5BBB2#B5BBB2

#B5BBB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.014 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBB2
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(100, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(100, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -3.76, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 5.36, 134.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.01 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.014 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8609, 48.5786, 49.1241)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBB2 #B8B2BB

analogous

#BABBB2 #B5BBB2 #B2BBB4

triadic

#B5BBB2 #B2B5BB #BBB2B5

tetradic

#B5BBB2 #B2BABB #B8B2BB #BBB4B2

square

#B5BBB2 #B2BABB #B8B2BB #BBB4B2

split-complementary

#B5BBB2 #B4B2BB #BBB2BA

monochromatic

#778172 #969E92 #B5BBB2 #D4D8D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B5BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBB2

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBB2	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.014 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfc9',
    500: '#b5bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbb2;
$custom-light: #cbcfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.01418,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBB2

secondary

#E5E3E6

accent

#55907D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBB2

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

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