#B5BCB2#B5BCB2

#B5BCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.016 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCB2
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(102, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(102, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -4.29, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 6.01, 135.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0115 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.016 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0738, 49.0044, 49.1950)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCB2 #B9B2BC

analogous

#BABCB2 #B5BCB2 #B2BCB4

triadic

#B5BCB2 #B2B5BC #BCB2B5

tetradic

#B5BCB2 #B2BABC #B9B2BC #BCB4B2

square

#B5BCB2 #B2BABC #B9B2BC #BCB4B2

split-complementary

#B5BCB2 #B4B2BC #BCB2BA

monochromatic

#768271 #96A091 #B5BCB2 #D4D8D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B5BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCB2

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCB2	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)

#BDBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.016 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c9',
    500: '#b5bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcb2;
$custom-light: #cbd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78682,
    "c": 0.01592,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCB2

secondary

#E5E4E6

accent

#55917F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCB2

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

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