#B5BCBC#B5BCBC

#B5BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCBC
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -2.42, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 2.57, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0075 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.008 197)
XYZ	xyz(46.1146, 49.4207, 54.6769)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCBC #BCB5B5

analogous

#B5BCB9 #B5BCBC #B5B9BC

triadic

#B5BCBC #BCB5BC #BCBCB5

tetradic

#B5BCBC #B9B5BC #BCB5B5 #B9BCB5

square

#B5BCBC #B9B5BC #BCB5B5 #B9BCB5

split-complementary

#B5BCBC #BCB5B9 #BCB9B5

monochromatic

#758181 #959F9F #B5BCBC #D5D9D9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B5BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCBC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCBC	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)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0d0',
    500: '#b5bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcbc;
$custom-light: #cbd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78971,
    "c": 0.0078,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.49421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCBC

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#57578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCBC

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

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