#B5BBBE#B5BBBE

#B5BBBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.008 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBBE
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -1.50, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 2.70, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0052 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.008 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1188, 49.0818, 55.7493)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBBE #BEB8B5

analogous

#B5BEBC #B5BBBE #B5B6BE

triadic

#B5BBBE #BEB5BB #BBBEB5

tetradic

#B5BBBE #BCB5BE #BEB8B5 #B6BEB5

square

#B5BBBE #BCB5BE #BEB8B5 #B6BEB5

split-complementary

#B5BBBE #BEB5B6 #BEBCB5

monochromatic

#747F84 #949DA1 #B5BBBE #D6D9DB #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B5BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBBE

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBBE	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.008 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfd1',
    500: '#b5bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbbe;
$custom-light: #cbcfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.00795,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBBE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#695590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBBE

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

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