#B5BDBE#B5BDBE

#B5BDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.009 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDBE
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(187, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -2.57, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 2.96, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0081 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.009 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5461, 49.9363, 55.8917)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDBE #BEB6B5

analogous

#B5BEBA #B5BDBE #B5B8BE

triadic

#B5BDBE #BEB5BD #BDBEB5

tetradic

#B5BDBE #BAB5BE #BEB6B5 #B8BEB5

square

#B5BDBE #BAB5BE #BEB6B5 #B8BEB5

split-complementary

#B5BDBE #BEB5B8 #BEBAB5

monochromatic

#748384 #94A0A1 #B5BDBE #D6DADB #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B5BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#B5BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDBE

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDBE	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.009 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0d1',
    500: '#b5bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdbe;
$custom-light: #cbd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79239,
    "c": 0.00903,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDBE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#5C5590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDBE

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

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