#B5BCBF#B5BCBF

#B5BCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.009 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCBF
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -1.84, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 2.99, 231.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0063 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.009 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4414, 49.5514, 56.3978)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCBF #BFB8B5

analogous

#B5BFBD #B5BCBF #B5B7BF

triadic

#B5BCBF #BFB5BC #BCBFB5

tetradic

#B5BCBF #BDB5BF #BFB8B5 #B7BFB5

square

#B5BCBF #BDB5BF #BFB8B5 #B7BFB5

split-complementary

#B5BCBF #BFB5B7 #BFBDB5

monochromatic

#748086 #949EA3 #B5BCBF #D6DADB #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B5BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCBF

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCBF	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.009 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0d2',
    500: '#b5bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcbf;
$custom-light: #cbd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79061,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCBF

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#675491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCBF

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

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