#B5BBBD#B5BBBD

#B5BBBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.007 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBBD
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -1.70, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 2.43, 225.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0056 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.007 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0099, 49.0382, 55.1756)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBBD #BDB7B5

analogous

#B5BDBB #B5BBBD #B5B7BD

triadic

#B5BBBD #BDB5BB #BBBDB5

tetradic

#B5BBBD #BBB5BD #BDB7B5 #B7BDB5

square

#B5BBBD #BBB5BD #BDB7B5 #B7BDB5

split-complementary

#B5BBBD #BDB5B7 #BDBBB5

monochromatic

#757F83 #959DA0 #B5BBBD #D5D9DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B5BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBBD

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBBD	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.007 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfd0',
    500: '#b5bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbbd;
$custom-light: #cbcfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78793,
    "c": 0.00729,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBBD

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#645690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBBD

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

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