#B5BBBC#B5BBBC

#B5BBBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.007 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBBC
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(189, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -1.89, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 2.25, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.006 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.007 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9018, 48.9950, 54.6059)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBBC #BCB6B5

analogous

#B5BCBA #B5BBBC #B5B8BC

triadic

#B5BBBC #BCB5BB #BBBCB5

tetradic

#B5BBBC #BAB5BC #BCB6B5 #B8BCB5

square

#B5BBBC #BAB5BC #BCB6B5 #B8BCB5

split-complementary

#B5BBBC #BCB5B8 #BCBAB5

monochromatic

#758081 #959D9F #B5BBBC #D5D9D9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B5BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBBC

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBBC	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.007 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfd0',
    500: '#b5bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbbc;
$custom-light: #cbcfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78763,
    "c": 0.00686,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBBC

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5F578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBBC

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

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