#B5BCBB#B5BCBB

#B5BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.008 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCBB
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(171, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(171, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -2.61, -0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 2.64, 187.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0079 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.008 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0072, 49.3778, 54.1111)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCBB #BCB5B6

analogous

#B5BCB8 #B5BCBB #B5BABC

triadic

#B5BCBB #BBB5BC #BCBBB5

tetradic

#B5BCBB #B8B5BC #BCB5B6 #BABCB5

square

#B5BCBB #B8B5BC #BCB5B6 #BABCB5

split-complementary

#B5BCBB #BCB5BA #BCB8B5

monochromatic

#758180 #959F9D #B5BCBB #D5D9D9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B5BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCBB

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCBB	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.008 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0cf',
    500: '#b5bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcbb;
$custom-light: #cbd0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78941,
    "c": 0.00792,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCBB

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#575F8F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCBB

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

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