#B5BDB2#B5BDB2

#B5BDB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.018 H 137.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDB2
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(104, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(104, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -4.82, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 6.66, 136.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0129 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.018 137)
XYZ	xyz(45.2881, 49.4331, 49.2665)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDB2 #BAB2BD

analogous

#BBBDB2 #B5BDB2 #B2BDB5

triadic

#B5BDB2 #B2B5BD #BDB2B5

tetradic

#B5BDB2 #B2BBBD #BAB2BD #BDB5B2

square

#B5BDB2 #B2BBBD #BAB2BD #BDB5B2

split-complementary

#B5BDB2 #B5B2BD #BDB2BB

monochromatic

#768471 #95A191 #B5BDB2 #D5D9D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B5BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B5BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDB2

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDB2	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)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.018 137.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c9',
    500: '#b5bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdb2;
$custom-light: #cbd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 103.636,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78892,
    "c": 0.01767,
    "h": 137
  },
  "luminance": 0.49433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDB2

secondary

#E6E4E7

accent

#549281

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDB2

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

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