#B5BCBE#B5BCBE

#B5BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCBE
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -2.04, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 2.75, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0067 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.008 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3317, 49.5076, 55.8202)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCBE #BEB7B5

analogous

#B5BEBB #B5BCBE #B5B7BE

triadic

#B5BCBE #BEB5BC #BCBEB5

tetradic

#B5BCBE #BBB5BE #BEB7B5 #B7BEB5

square

#B5BCBE #BBB5BE #BEB7B5 #B7BEB5

split-complementary

#B5BCBE #BEB5B7 #BEBBB5

monochromatic

#748184 #949FA1 #B5BCBE #D6D9DB #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#B5BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCBE

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCBE	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0d1',
    500: '#b5bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcbe;
$custom-light: #cbd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79031,
    "c": 0.00831,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCBE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#625590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCBE

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

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