#B5BBBB#B5BBBB

#B5BBBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBBB
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -2.08, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 2.20, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0064 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(45.7943, 48.9520, 54.0402)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBBB #BBB5B5

analogous

#B5BBB8 #B5BBBB #B5B8BB

triadic

#B5BBBB #BBB5BB #BBBBB5

tetradic

#B5BBBB #B8B5BB #BBB5B5 #B8BBB5

square

#B5BBBB #B8B5BB #BBB5B5 #B8BBB5

split-complementary

#B5BBBB #BBB5B8 #BBB8B5

monochromatic

#768080 #959E9E #B5BBBB #D5D8D8 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#B5BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBBB

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBBB	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfcf',
    500: '#b5bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbbb;
$custom-light: #cbcfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78733,
    "c": 0.0067,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.48952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBBB

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#57578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBBB

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

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