#B5BEBB#B5BEBB

#B5BEBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.011 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEBB
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(160, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(160, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -3.68, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 3.70, 173.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0107 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.011 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4374, 50.2382, 54.2545)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEBB #BEB5B8

analogous

#B5BEB6 #B5BEBB #B5BCBE

triadic

#B5BEBB #BBB5BE #BEBBB5

tetradic

#B5BEBB #B6B5BE #BEB5B8 #BCBEB5

square

#B5BEBB #B6B5BE #BEB5B8 #BCBEB5

split-complementary

#B5BEBB #BEB5BC #BEB6B5

monochromatic

#74847F #94A19D #B5BEBB #D6DBD9 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B5BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEBB

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEBB	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.011 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1cf',
    500: '#b5bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bebb;
$custom-light: #cbd1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.01081,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEBB

secondary

#91868A

accent

#556990

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEBB

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

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