#B5BBBA#B5BBBA

#B5BBBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.007 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBBA
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(170, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(170, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -2.27, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 2.28, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0068 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.007 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6877, 48.9093, 53.4783)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBBA #BBB5B6

analogous

#B5BBB7 #B5BBBA #B5B9BB

triadic

#B5BBBA #BAB5BB #BBBAB5

tetradic

#B5BBBA #B7B5BB #BBB5B6 #B9BBB5

square

#B5BBBA #B7B5BB #BBB5B6 #B9BBB5

split-complementary

#B5BBBA #BBB5B9 #BBB7B5

monochromatic

#76807E #959E9C #B5BBBA #D5D8D8 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B5BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBBA

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBBA	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.007 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfce',
    500: '#b5bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbba;
$custom-light: #cbcfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.00683,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBBA

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#57618E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBBA

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

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