#B5BDAE#B5BDAE

#B5BDAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.023 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDAE
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(92, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(92, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -5.54, 6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 8.63, 129.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0146 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.023 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8924, 49.2748, 47.1821)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDAE #B6AEBD

analogous

#BCBDAE #B5BDAE #AEBDAE

triadic

#B5BDAE #AEB5BD #BDAEB5

tetradic

#B5BDAE #AEBCBD #B6AEBD #BDAEAE

square

#B5BDAE #AEBCBD #B6AEBD #BDAEAE

split-complementary

#B5BDAE #AEAEBD #BDAEBC

monochromatic

#77856C #96A28C #B5BDAE #D4D8D0 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B5BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDAE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDAE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.023 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c6',
    500: '#b5bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdae;
$custom-light: #cbd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78782,
    "c": 0.02262,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDAE

secondary

#E4E1E5

accent

#519475

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDAE

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

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