#B5BBBF#B5BBBF

#B5BBBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBBF
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -1.31, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 3.04, 244.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0048 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2285, 49.1257, 56.3268)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBBF #BFB9B5

analogous

#B5BFBE #B5BBBF #B5B6BF

triadic

#B5BBBF #BFB5BB #BBBFB5

tetradic

#B5BBBF #BEB5BF #BFB9B5 #B6BFB5

square

#B5BBBF #BEB5BF #BFB9B5 #B6BFB5

split-complementary

#B5BBBF #BFB5B6 #BFBEB5

monochromatic

#747F86 #949DA3 #B5BBBF #D6D9DB #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B5BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBBF

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBBF	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfd2',
    500: '#b5bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbbf;
$custom-light: #cbcfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78854,
    "c": 0.00879,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBBF

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#6D5491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBBF

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

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