#B5BCBD#B5BCBD

#B5BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCBD
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(188, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -2.23, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 2.61, 211.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0071 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.008 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2228, 49.4640, 55.2466)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCBD #BDB6B5

analogous

#B5BDBA #B5BCBD #B5B8BD

triadic

#B5BCBD #BDB5BC #BCBDB5

tetradic

#B5BCBD #BAB5BD #BDB6B5 #B8BDB5

square

#B5BCBD #BAB5BD #BDB6B5 #B8BDB5

split-complementary

#B5BCBD #BDB5B8 #BDBAB5

monochromatic

#758183 #959FA0 #B5BCBD #D5D9DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B5BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCBD

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCBD	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0d0',
    500: '#b5bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcbd;
$custom-light: #cbd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79001,
    "c": 0.00794,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCBD

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#5D5690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCBD

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

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